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Johnny Peligro (mischievoustomato@tsundere.love)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:07 JST Johnny Peligro
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@coolbean @fiore linux pamela

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  omen of instance annihilation (coolbean@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:08 JST omen of instance annihilation
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  @fiore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_PAM
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    Linux PAM
    
    Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) is a suite of libraries that allow a Linux system administrator to configure methods to authenticate users. It provides a flexible and centralized way to switch authentication methods for secured applications by using configuration files instead of changing application code. There are Linux PAM libraries allowing authentication using methods such as local passwords, LDAP, or fingerprint readers. Linux PAM is evolved from the Unix Pluggable Authentication Modules architecture. Linux-PAM separates the tasks of authentication into four independent management groups: account modules check that the specified account is a valid authentication target under current conditions. This may include conditions like account expiration, time of day, and that the user has access to the requested service. authentication modules verify the user's identity, for example by requesting and checking a password or other secret. They may also pass authentication information on to other systems like a keyring. password modules are responsible for updating passwords, and are generally coupled to modules employed in the...
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  φ (fiore@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:09 JST φ
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  @coolbean whats that
  
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  omen of instance annihilation (coolbean@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:10 JST omen of instance annihilation
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  @fiore heres the thing: im pretty sure they all use pam and i hate that solution
  
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  φ (fiore@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:11 JST φ
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  @coolbean unless you specifically dont allow root login , and major desktop linux distros do that by default
  
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  omen of instance annihilation (coolbean@brain.worm.pink)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Mar-2025 05:03:13 JST omen of instance annihilation
  
  need someone to sanity check me
  
  any (physical) user can just switch ttys and login as root from the prompt completely circumventing sudo/doas rules. this is stupid, right?
  
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