The following module was proposed for inclusion in the Module List:
modid: Authen::PAM::Module
DSLIP: bdcOp
description: Base Class for writing PAM modules in Perl
userid: BHILDRED (Ben Hildred)
chapterid: 14 (Security_and_Encryption)
communities:
pam-l...@redhat.com perl...@perl.org
similar:
PAM Authen::PAM
rationale:
The Pam APIs were written in c. This translates the module api into
perl.
The rationale for the module:
Excerpts from some emails I sent:
So the problem began with browsing my Linux distro's repository
looking for a pam module to create home directories on demand. I
found one that works almost like I want. Almost, not quite, so onto
the source code. It is written in python. I have a severe
Pathological and Eclectic aversion to python. It reminds me of the
Rubbish Lists i turned in in my hi-school COBOL programing class.
I'd rather try to transcend dental medication.
so... I've been looking for a project to brush up my c skills,
maybe embed a interpreter for practice... so announcing version
0.0001. Write your own device driver days here. It is about 75% to
theoretically functional level.
About The namespace:
On 1/2/2012 12:34 AM, Steffen Mueller wrote: <snip> > On 12/29/2011
01:21 AM, ben wrote: <<snip>> >> I have not yet registered the
namespace and I'm still >> tweaking the handling of constants but it
appears to >> work. > Superficial comment: It's customary not to use
underscores > in Perl module names. In modules, you
CamelCase::Or::Colons, > in corresponding distribution names, use
dashes instead of > the double-colons. > I was aware of this, which
was my reason for doing so. I have not run this by the folks pause
yet, but my thoughts on the namespace would be as follows: my main
module would be PAM::Module or Authen::PAM::Module, Internal (not
intended for public use sub modules would be ...::Module::_foo,
framework modules such as test cases and pragmas which would change
the behavior of the main module would be ...::Module::foo and actual
authentication modules would be ...::Module::Foo. I would welcome
any comments or criticism of this thought.
enteredby: BHILDRED (Ben Hildred)
enteredon: Wed Jan 4 00:44:36 2012 GMT
The resulting entry would be:
Authen::PAM::
::Module bdcOp Base Class for writing PAM modules in Perl BHILDRED
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