On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:23:46AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Wed, Feb 02, 2005 at 05:01:23PM +0000, Martin Orr wrote: > > This package is present in woody (version 1.1.6) but was removed in 2003 > > following maintainer inactivity, and because Steve Langasek asserted that it > > was obsolete. Certainly winbind is to be preferred in most circumstances > > but I at least find this package useful because I am unable to get > > administrative access to the relevant NT domain. > > Yes, I still stand by this assessment. The libpam-smb module offers no > cryptographic trust, and deploying this authentication method instead of > getting approval for a domain join from the admin risks compromising > domain security policies without the admin's approval or awareness. > > It's also inherently unreliable. > > I don't think this code should be reintroduced to Debian.
I'm not particularly bothered about whether it goes into Debian or not: I just put the package together because I need it myself, and I thought I may as well make it available to others. -- Martin Orr Linux Administrator, Methodist College Belfast -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
