pam_unix.so will require root access to authenticate against /etc/master.passwd. The solution is presumably for PAM to run in the pwcheck daemon provided with Cyrus--I've never used the PAM support so don't know much about it. I use Kerberos 4 directly from Cyrus. The pwcheck daemon listens on a UNIX domain socket, running as root, and will answer authentication queries coming from the Cyrus server running as the cyrus user. On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Vadim Chekan wrote: > Hello! > > I'm trying to make port of latest cyrus-imap server. It supports PAM > now. > But imapd run as cyrus user. Is it possible to authenticate user using > pam_unix.so by non-root user? > From /usr/src/contrib/libpam/CHANGELOG > * pam_pwdb can now verify read protected passwords when it is not run > by root. This is via a helper binary that is setuid root. > > Where is this helper? > Where can I get more information on this topic? > > Vadim Chekan. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > Robert N M Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
