Re: How to compile...

[Joe Lewis <joe joe-lewis com>]

Try:

gcc -o pam_test.so -lpam pam_test.c pam_test.h

That -libpam should be shortened to -lpam.  -l on the command line 
expands the l to lib[rest].so or something similar.

Joe

Jason Gerfen wrote:

> Hello, I am fairly new to this list and have been attempting to learn 
> how to write PAM modules however the documentation on how to use the 
> PAM api is bit vague on how to compile the existing C.
>
> I am using SuSE 9.0 and using Emacs to edit my first pam module.  The 
> string I am using to compile is as so...
>
> gcc -o pam_test.so -libpam pam_test.c pam_test.h
>
> The errors I am recieving are...
>
> libpam not found.  I have made sure my header and source files are 
> located in the Linux-PAM.Y.XX/modules directory which is stated in the 
> documentation.  If anyone can give me some insight into this I would 
> apprecitate it.