PAM Service Name Patch

[mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org]

Looks good enough for now.  I just want something that we can point to.
Even if it's a file most people don't read.=)

- Ben

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Kevin Steves wrote:

> On Fri, 20 Apr 2001 mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> : Can we get this documented somewhere since it's new behavior.  Maybe in
> : INSTALL or README.PAM  or something.  I really don't want to hear
> : complaints about this if people decide they want to rename 'sshd' to
> : 'opensshd' for side-by-side testing w/ another sshd.
>
> i wouldn't mind seeing README.PAM with:
>
> PAM general
>
> Solaris
>
> Linux
>   distro specific
>   ...
>
> HP-UX
>
> does someone want to do this (start with the stuff in INSTALL)?
>
> but for now, what about:
>
> Index: INSTALL
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /var/cvs/openssh/INSTALL,v
> retrieving revision 1.42
> diff -u -r1.42 INSTALL
> --- INSTALL	2001/03/03 13:29:21	1.42
> +++ INSTALL	2001/04/20 20:25:43
> @@ -91,16 +91,20 @@
>  This will install the binaries in /opt/{bin,lib,sbin}, but will place the
>  configuration files in /etc/ssh.
>
> -If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM
> -control file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system
> -prefers to keep them). A generic PAM configuration is included as
> -"contrib/sshd.pam.generic", you may need to edit it before using it on
> -your system. If you are using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the
> -config file in contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.
> -Failure to install a valid PAM file may result in an inability to
> -use password authentication.  On HP-UX 11, the standard /etc/pam.conf
> -configuration will work with sshd (sshd will match the OTHER service
> -name).
> +If you are using PAM, you may need to manually install a PAM control
> +file as "/etc/pam.d/sshd" (or wherever your system prefers to keep
> +them).  Note that the service name used to start PAM is __progname,
> +which is the basename of the path of your sshd (e.g., the service name
> +for /usr/sbin/osshd will be osshd).  If you have renamed your sshd
> +executable, your PAM configuration may need to be modified.
> +
> +A generic PAM configuration is included as "contrib/sshd.pam.generic",
> +you may need to edit it before using it on your system. If you are
> +using a recent version of Red Hat Linux, the config file in
> +contrib/redhat/sshd.pam should be more useful.  Failure to install a
> +valid PAM file may result in an inability to use password
> +authentication.  On HP-UX 11, the standard /etc/pam.conf configuration
> +will work with sshd (sshd will match the OTHER service name).
>
>  There are a few other options to the configure script:
>
>
>