[Bug 624715] Re: pam_group is not idempotent

2011-06-14 Thread jwm
I've had a look at consolekit and can't figure out how to use it to do *anything* let alone substitute for pam_groups. The freedesktop.org webpage is basically it, and all it consists of is an aspirational introduction written in architecture astronaut speak, and a DBus API guide. Unless I'm missi

[Bug 624715] Re: pam_group is not idempotent

2011-06-07 Thread Steve Langasek
This is one of the many problems with the pam_group module that contribute to it not being recommended as a means of providing conditional access on login: it has been all but superseded by pam_consolekit for the standard use cases. So while I'm confirming this bug report, please understand that