Re: [bug-inetutils] Ftpd is Linux-PAM only.

[Mats Erik Andersson]

onsdag den  6 juni 2012 klockan 10:31 skrev Simon Josefsson detta:
> Mats Erik Andersson <address@hidden> writes:
> >
> >   * Protect the present PAM code by a configuration setting,
> >     only invoking it on systems with Linux-PAM. Probably
> >     all Glibc architectures.
> >
> >   * Develop a new PAM integration for "ftpd" that is usable on
> >     BSD systems, i.e., FreeBSD, NetBSD, DragonFlyBSD, and on Solaris.
> 
> I prefer 2) if it doesn't have any significant disadvantages over the
> current code.

I will push code changes and audit results for the first
part within shortly. A functional second part will take
longer time, but poses no severe problems, bearing in mind
that those four named systems already use PAM on top of
a code base from netkit-ftp, which also is our base.

Regards,
  Mats E A