pam_chauthok and froozen chain problems

Thorsten Kukuk kukuk at suse.de
Mon Feb 2 16:37:23 UTC 2009


On Mon, Feb 02, Dustin Kirkland wrote:

> > Any ideas/opinions/other choices?
> 
> What about a 3-pass system, as opposed to a 2-pass system?
> 
> Pass 1: assert user is allowed to update
> Pass 2: assert this token is okay
> Pass 3: commit
> 
> Rather than freezing the chain after the 1st pass, freeze it after the second?

Which would mean you need to rewrite all existing PAM modules.
That's not an option.

  Thorsten

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