MAX_ALLOW_USERS

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Feb 7 03:11:18 EST 2003


Once upon a time, Ben Lindstrom <mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org> said:
> I think Mr Miller is planning on making them dynamically allocated.  But
> Pekka stole my point.=)  I personally see AllowUsers required for adding
> small 'oddball' users (not saying the users themselves are oddballs.
> <chuckle>)  where {Allow/Deny}Groups is really what people should use
> for larger groups of common trait people.

What would it take to make OpenSSH use PAM (on PAM platforms anyway) for
service authorization?  Then this could be done with a PAM module (which
might be convenient, as the same users may be restricted in more than
one way).

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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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