mod_auth_pam patch

[Bruno FLEISCH]

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-04-28 at 15:26 +0200, Bruno FLEISCH wrote:
>   
>> * The module caches both positive (i.e.: successful) and negative 
>> authentication results. This improves performances on slow 
>> authentication providers (NIS/YP or LDAP), and limit deny-of-service 
>> attacks with bad credentials.
>>
>> NB: The cache routines may be disabled by "undef-ing" the ENABLE_CACHE 
>> macro in source file.
>>     
>
> How do you flush the cache at runtime?
>   

There is no "flush" operation available. Cached entries expire after a 
given amount of time (default is 120 seconds for positive results, 5 for 
negative).

Regards,

Bruno