From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8gH3-0006K6-WD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:37:46 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7QFY2go026133; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:34:03 GMT Received: from vms048pub.verizon.net (vms048pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.48]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7QFKLVc011273 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 15:20:21 GMT Received: from mail.joat.com ([71.114.133.129]) by vms048.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0ILU00JMU5C91DC0@vms048.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 10:21:46 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (cornholio.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 186872FD9 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:21:45 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.joat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cornholio [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32623-06 for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cdnebinge (jnet.state.pa.us [206.224.31.162]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 11:23:04 -0400 From: "Dave Nebinger" Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Get rid of PAM? In-reply-to: <430F26AF.2080204@nethere.com> To: Message-id: <005a01c5aa52$0e5dddc0$3a01010a@jnetlab.lcl> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; h=Received:Received:From:To:Subject:Date:Message-ID:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:In-Reply-To:X-MimeOLE:Importance:X-Virus-Scanned; b=dcA/Kv2dtuHZGr1xqg1aCj4e5Q0Ejr7qA+dq2Oj1MfrFmC9LOCOFL5nmSrO3qRlnxaaa9UOGmHafU3lfCA2adpHqgTHFgZTLB/kwTItn3oeG6ct5MbjwS0qnxtDSTx4cITTuIP2OEfZ/wPAnbDAnc2P44TCLA8fXMGZVJPRZlT4=; c=nofws; d=joat.com; q=dns; s=selector1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.3.2 (20050629) at joat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by robin.gentoo.org id j7QFKLVc011273 X-Archives-Salt: 16a9c0a0-2ff8-4952-baee-5e566a730b2c X-Archives-Hash: 3e6097273bbbef7d2735fa00310aade6 > On another gentoo newsgroup I made a comment about deleting pam because I > believed it was causing a problem with logins to KDE. I was severely > reprimanded for such a careless attitude towards security. I am a home > user and may have anywhere from 1-3 computers on my home network. I do not > run any servers open to the net. I have read a couple comments in this > newsgroup about how pam is not needed for a user such as myself and in > fact can cause problems. Jerry, I've got a situation similar to yours. I'm using pam with kde and not having any issues at all, even across boxen. Rather than looking at your world as "how do I remove pam?", why not look at it as "if it's not broke don't fix it." Leave pam et. Al in place until you actually encounter a situation where it's failing. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list