Re: New extension proposal: PAM

Looks good; you should be all set to add your files to pecl/pam now.

--Wez.

On 11/8/06, Mikael Johansson <mikael@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) is a system of libraries that
> handle the authentication tasks of applications and services. The
> library provides a stable API for applications to defer to for
> authentication tasks. For a list of supported schemes see
>
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/modules.html
>
> This extension enables PAM authentication from within PHP, providing a
> single function
>
>   bool pam_auth(string username, string password [, string error])
>
> This is simply an update and PECL import of the existing "pam_auth"
> extension from
>
>   http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~ccunning/pam_auth/
>
> The current "pam_auth" extension doesn't compile with ZTS enabled,
> hasn't been updated since 2003 and I've been unable to reach the author
> with a patch or subsequent questions about a proposed PECL release at
> any of the mail addresses I found (no replies from @math.ohio-state.edu
> and bounce from @zdnetmail.com). The extension is "PHP version 4.0"
> licensed so a PECL release shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Package download available at
>
>   http://www.synd.info/extensions/pam/
>
> Source code at
>
>   http://svn.synd.info/synd/extensions/pam/
>   http://svn.synd.info/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/synd/extensions/pam/
>
> You will need the libpam and libpam-devel packages included with most
> distributions in order to compile the extension.
>
> I already have a pecl.php.net and CVS account but, should the proposal
> be accepted, I would need CVS karma for pecl/pam.
>
> //Mikael
>
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