Saslauthd and 2 authentication mechanism

[Paul van der Vlis]

Andrew Morgan schreef:
> 
> On Thu, 30 Jun 2005, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
> 
>> Igor Brezac schreef:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Paul van der Vlis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I want to use 2 authentication mechanisms with Saslauthd. When the
>>>> first
>>>> one gives "no", it should try the other one.
>>>>
>>>> The man-page says: "saslauthd supports one or more 'authentication
>>>> mechanisms',
>>>
>>>
>>> This does not say that you can use more than one concurrently.
>>>
>>> You can use only one at a time.
>>
>>
>> Are you really sure? This is important for me.
>>
>> /etc/defaults/saslauthd in Debian says:
>>
>> # You must specify the authentication mechanisms you wish to use.
>> # This defaults to "pam" for PAM support, but may also include
>> # "shadow" or "sasldb", like this:
>> # MECHANISMS="pam shadow"
>>
>> I want to use "pam ldap".
> 
> 
> As an alternative, if you are already using pam why not use the pam_ldap
> module in your pam config?

Saslauthd with pam seems to be the more-stable and flexable alternative.

Is it possible in pam to use more then one module?

With regards,
Paul van der Vlis.




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