Re: [chat] Linux isn't Linux? Debian seems to think it is....

[Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This one time, at band camp, Peter Hardy wrote:
>fairly cross-platform.  But it seems the culprit is the pam_unix module
>of Linux-PAM.  I don't think it's such a big deal - it's a password that
>conforms to UNIX password standards, the fact it's being used on a
>non-UNIX system is incidental (IANAL, etc).  But the Linux-PAM guys
>would be the ones to send a polite email to if you think it should be
>changed.

FWIW the pam_ldap module will ask you for the "(LDAP) password", which makes
life just that bit more confusing for users who are "just trying to log in"
and don't know what an LDAP is let alone how to cook one for dinner.

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