30 Oct
2012
30 Oct
'12
3:23 a.m.
Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
What's the recommended method for authenticating against Linux system users? I thought pam was the better one?
Maybe. getpwent() or getspwent() should work.
Also, is the "big warning" still valid?
Likely, yes. I've been avoiding PAM for nearly a decade now. It's not as bad as libtool, but it's pretty crazy. Alan DeKok.