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what program call PAM auth in login?

 
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what program call PAM auth in login?

the init or the other program, it is login? where is its source?

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Frederick
frederick van targero
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Goran Koruga
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Re: what program call PAM auth in login?

Hi Frederick.

login usually comes from shadow package and it calls PAM itself.

Try ldd /path/to/login

See how it's linked with PAM libraries ?

G.