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

[Peter Hardy <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 15:07:38 +1000 Jamie Wilkinson wrote:
> 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.

Roasted in a slow oven, with a lemon caper sauce.  Isn't it in a manpage
somewhere?

-- 
Pete