[pptp-server] PoPToP and PAM

Gustav Jansen gustav.jansen at lincom.no
Mon Dec 10 09:40:46 CST 2001


On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Josh Howlett wrote:
> Use the "login" option in your pppd options file.
>
> You can only use this with PAP auth.

What I was thinking, was that if I could login via PAM, I could use the
PAM-module that ships with Samba, to authenticate to a Win2000 PDC. But
I still need the CHAP protocol(or similar) to have a
secure( more secure) way of transferring the passwords.

> On Mon, 10 Dec 2001, Gustav Jansen wrote:
> > I was wondering if there is any possibility to verify login to a pptpd
> > server using PAM. Or if there are any plans on developing support for this
> > auth. mechanism?

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Gustav Jansen
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