pam_userpass 1.0

PAM has traditionally assumed that services doing authentication have the ability to interact with the user. Unfortunately, this isnt true for services that implement non-interactive and/or fixed protocols, such as FTP and POP3. This is typically worked around by making the flawed assumption that PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_ON requests the username and PAM_PROMPT_ECHO_OFF requests the password. With pam_userpass, this assumption is no longer required. pam_userpass uses PAM binary prompts to ask the application for the username and password specifically. pam_userpass doesnt perform any actual authentication. An actual authentication module should be stacked after pam_userpass and told to use the authentication token (password) provided by pam_userpass..

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Linux
Keyword:	Binary,  Miscellaneous,  Pam,  Pamuserpass,  Password,  Prompts,  Security,  Username,  Username And Password,  Userpass,  Uses
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