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On Wed, 11 Nov 1998, Robert Watson wrote: > > 1) Is there any way to get Coda to do a clog upon login under Linux? > > Perhaps this could be accomplished via PAM? > > Due to the nature of the 'Coda Tokens', the auth server must know the > secret being used by the client (that is, their password) and be able to > associate it with the user account. As I understand it, PAM does not have > an API call that goes: IHaveAUsernameGiveMeTheirSecret(), and in fact the > standard UNIX model of having one-way-hashed passwords prohibits this. Correct me if I'm wrong, but what part of: char *username, *password; pam_get_user(pamhandle, "Log in you bastard", &username); pam_get_item(pamhandle, PAM_AUTHTOK, &password); auth_server_authenticate(username, password); Would not work? -- Elliot "In film you will find four basic story lines. Man versus man, man versus nature, nature versus nature, and dog versus vampire." - Steven SpielbergReceived on 1998-11-11 16:40:40