Pam configuration files

[Joe Lewis]

Yes, the application calls it with the service name, and that is the 
name of the configuration file.  If it uses the old method where there 
is one pam.conf file, each line is prefixed with that service name for 
specifying configurations.

Joe

Boris Breslav wrote:

> Joe, Heiko, thanks a lot for your quick reply.
> But even if the application itself is responsible for the service name, can
> I be sure that the following is always true?:
> PAM_SERVICE = name of the file in the /etc/pam.d directory
> 
> Boris
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Heiko Hund" <heiko at ist.eigentlich.net>
> To: <pam-list at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 8.48 PM
> Subject: Re: Pam configuration files
> 
> 
> 
>>Hey Boris,
>>
>>
>>>Now it is even more interesting. I wrote a sample module and I printed
> 
> out
> 
>>>the PAM_SERVICE item for FTP connection and it was "ftp" and not "ftpd"
>>>So what is it a typo in the Administration Guide?
>>
>>not at all. Every PAM enabled application chooses its own service name.
>>Therefore it could be anything. It is only a convention to choose the
>>name of the app. Obviously your ftpd chose `ftp' as a service name. That
>>also is why the file in /etc/pam.d is named `ftp' and not `ftpd'. If you
>>dislike that, you may recompile the ftpd with a service name you like.
>>
>>Greetings
>>Heiko
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