pam_unix2

pam_unix2 PAM module is for traditional password authentication.

Here are some key features of "pam unix2":

· Allows global configuration file for all options
· Can get passwords from secure NIS+ servers
· Sets secureRPC credentials
· Supports HP-UX password aging.
· Support of passwords with DES, bigcrypt, MD5 and blowfish encryption
· Usage of glibc NSS modules for flexible location of user data
· Allows changing of passwords in local files, NIS, NIS+ and LDAP (if pam_ldap is installed)
· On a NIS master server, passwords could be changed in the source files of NIS maps.

Requirements:

· Linux-PAM

Features:

• Allows global configuration file for all options
• Can get passwords from secure NIS servers
• Sets secureRPC credentials
• Supports HP-UX password aging.
• Support of passwords with DES, bigcrypt, MD5 and blowfish encryption
• Usage of glibc NSS modules for flexible location of user data
• Allows changing of passwords in local files, NIS, NIS and LDAP (if pam_ldap is installed)
• On a NIS master server, passwords could be changed in the source files of NIS maps.

Requirements:

• Linux-PAM