./security/PAM, Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)

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Branch: pkgsrc-2008Q2, Version: 0.77nb5, Package name: PAM-0.77nb5, Maintainer: rh

PAM provides Pluggable Authentication Modules. It is a flexible,
dynamically configurable mechanism for authenticating users.

PAM provides a way to develop programs that are independent of
authentication scheme. These programs need "authentication modules" to be
attached to them at run-time in order to work. Which authentication module
is to be attached is dependent upon the local system setup and is at the
discretion of the local system administrator.

This package includes the dynamic and static libpam libraries,
developer files, and related programmer's man pages documenting
the functions. Over 25 PAM modules are included. This is Linux-PAM;
it works with Solaris, NetBSD, AIX, and other operating systems.


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SHA1: 58dff29aec3c0b6a9e9b53af6fb643056ce0f304
RMD160: 15391ed7bed7b506bb391608b735332d0391580c
Filesize: 432.196 KB

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