2002-02-23 01:22:51 +00:00
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OpenPAM is an open source PAM library that focuses on simplicity,
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correctness, and cleanliness.
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OpenPAM aims to gather the best features of Solaris PAM, XSSO and
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Linux-PAM, plus some innovations of its own. In areas where these
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implementations disagree, OpenPAM tries to remain compatible with
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Solaris, at the expense of XSSO conformance and Linux-PAM
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compatibility.
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These are some of OpenPAM's features:
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- Implements the complete PAM API as described in the original PAM
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paper and in OSF-RFC 86.0; this corresponds to the full XSSO API
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except for mappings and secondary authentication.
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- Extends the API with several useful and time-saving functions:
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pam_error(), pam_get_authtok(), pam_info(), pam_prompt(),
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pam_setenv(), pam_verror(), pam_vinfo(), pam_vprompt()
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- Offers a number of time-saving convenience functions:
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openpam_log(), openpam_ttyconv().
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- Performs strict checking of return values from service modules.
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- Reads configuration from /etc/pam.d/, /usr/local/etc/pam.d/ and
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/etc/pam.conf, in that order; this will be made configurable in a
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future release.Please direct bug reports and inquiries to
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openpam@thinksec.com.
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2002-03-05 13:49:56 +00:00
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$P4: //depot/projects/openpam/README#2 $
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