Pam configuration files

[Boris Breslav]

Now it is even more interesting. I wrote a sample module and I printed out
the PAM_SERVICE item for FTP connection and it was "ftp" and not "ftpd"
So what is it a typo in the Administration Guide?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Boris Breslav" <boris at bsafesolutions.com>
To: <pam-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 7.59 PM
Subject: Pam configuration files


> Hi all,
> can someone please shed some lite on this one.
> According to the Pam Administration Guide:
>
> service-name
>
> The name of the service associated with this entry. Frequently the service
> name is the conventional name of the given application. For example,
`ftpd',
> `rlogind' and `su', etc. .
>
> Then:
>
> More flexible than the single configuration file, as of version 0.56, it
is
> possible to configure libpam via the contents of the /etc/pam.d/
directory.
> In this case the directory is filled with files each of which has a
filename
> equal to a service-name (in lower-case): it is the personal configuration
> file for the named service.
>
> Now, in my distributaion the FTP configuration file is /etc/pam.d/ftp and
> not ftpd as mentioned above.
>
> So the question is how does PAM know which file to use? I'm also thinking
> about writing my own PAM-enabled application. How do I make sure that the
> right configuration file will be picked up?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Boris
>
>
>
>
>
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