Re: removing "su" from coreutils [Re: Fwd: [PULL] su

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On Thursday 31 May 2012 04:12:17 Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 30 May 2012 09:50:57 Karel Zak wrote:
> >> [...]
> >> IMHO is better to use PAM everywhere than duplicate non-PAM code and
> >> assume that the code is correct and well tested. PAM is abstraction,
> >> the final configuration don't have to be complicated.
> >=20
> > PAM is a complete waste of space on embedded devices and controlled
> > systems. i'm not saying it isn't useful in many setups (perhaps even the
> > majority), just that it is entirely unnecessary in a not insignificant
> > number of other setups.
>=20
> You could still use the PAM API and only implement the features
> necessary for shadow support. Ie PAM without pluggable modules :-) That
> way ugly ifdefs and code duplication could be avoided.

in other words, Gentoo has no choice but to stick to shadow's implementatio=
ns=20
for the foreseeable future.  oh well.
=2Dmike

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