https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/pam-telnet/m-p/2902072#M752223 I'm working with PAM framework on HP-UX 11.11 64-bit PA-RISC.<BR />I have written custom PAM module and inside the module pam_sm_authenticate I call pam_get_item(pam_handle,PAM_SERVICE,(void**)&amp;service). By telnet I required authentication to my PAM module. service value was "login". My question is: 1)Why its value was not "telnet"? <BR />2)PAM framework work properly on HP-UX 11.11? Is it the same of Solaris?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:51:31 GMT stefano_20 2003-02-11T18:51:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/pam-telnet/m-p/2902072#M752223 I'm working with PAM framework on HP-UX 11.11 64-bit PA-RISC.<BR />I have written custom PAM module and inside the module pam_sm_authenticate I call pam_get_item(pam_handle,PAM_SERVICE,(void**)&amp;service). By telnet I required authentication to my PAM module. service value was "login". My question is: 1)Why its value was not "telnet"? <BR />2)PAM framework work properly on HP-UX 11.11? Is it the same of Solaris?<BR /><BR />Thanks in advance Tue, 11 Feb 2003 18:51:31 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/pam-telnet/m-p/2902072#M752223 stefano_20 2003-02-11T18:51:31Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/pam-telnet/m-p/2902073#M752224 With regards to your question number one: Telnetd runs the login program, so the service *is* login. See man telnetd and man login. The 'login:' prompt you get is actually coming from the stdout of the login command, which telnetd passes along to the network client. In other words, login is doing the authentication, not telnetd.<BR /><BR />Sorry, no clue about 11.11.<BR /><BR />HTH Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:32:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-hp-ux/pam-telnet/m-p/2902073#M752224 Trever Furnish 2003-02-12T14:32:06Z