MAX_ALLOW_USERS

James Dennis jdennis at law.harvard.edu
Fri Feb 7 03:35:10 EST 2003


Quick answer: ./configure --with-pam
-James

Chris Adams wrote:
> 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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