On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 08:04:58PM +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > 3.) As PAM support is functional again, setup an authentication scheme > which does not need root access. We don't actually need a local user for > authentication, a simple passwd db is enough. > So this is my preferred solution: I'll introduce a new file called > /etc/partimaged/passwd.db, owned by partimag:partimag and a small shell > script (a wrapper around db4.3_load) partimage_passwd which adds/removes > user:passwd pairs to this file. In addition /etc/pam.d/partimaged will > now authenticate against this new passwd file using pam_userdb with > pam_unix as fallback. If you absolutely want to authenticate against a > local user, you will have to add partimag to group shadow yourself. > README.Debian will explain how to do that but encourage the usage of the > new passwd file, because this is more secure.
That one sounds good. I won't be able to test on short notice since I decided to use a different program for the issue at hand. In fact, I do not even remember which problem I tried to solve with partimage. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
