Pluggable Authentication Modules handle authentication tasks of applications or services running on the system.
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Why is there a big delay after entering a wrong password?
I notice a weird (well, according to me) thing about passwords. For example, if I type an incorrect password during login, there will be a few seconds' delay before the system tells me so. When I try ...
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newgrp and groups assigned via pam_group.so
For convenience reasons I tend to assign special group memberships like floppy, audio, plugdev, video etc. via /etc/security/group.conf (pam_group.so) mechanism instead of adding all users to this ...
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How can I add PAM functionality in netkit-rsh-0.17
I am working on CentOS. In my project, that is working on network. I need a rsh utility. I downloaded the same namely "netkit-rsh-0.17". Till now all works fine. But I later found that this utility ...
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Why rsh not opens and reads PAM modules and limits.conf?
I am working on a project, that uses rsh utility for remote connection.
But my project needs some extra features for that, so I add that features.
Till now, all the things are going fine. But when I ...
