Re: removing "su" from coreutils [Re: Fwd: [PULL] su

[Ludwig Nussel]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 30 May 2012 09:50:57 Karel Zak wrote:
>> [...]
>> IMHO is better to use PAM everywhere than duplicate non-PAM code and
>> assume that the code is correct and well tested. PAM is abstraction,
>> the final configuration don't have to be complicated.
> 
> PAM is a complete waste of space on embedded devices and controlled systems.  
> i'm not saying it isn't useful in many setups (perhaps even the majority), 
> just that it is entirely unnecessary in a not insignificant number of other 
> setups.

You could still use the PAM API and only implement the features
necessary for shadow support. Ie PAM without pluggable modules :-) That
way ugly ifdefs and code duplication could be avoided.

cu
Ludwig

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