| Re: [stellation-res] why doesn't stellationd require a "password" argument? |
On Sat, Jul 20, 2002 at 07:43:39PM -0400, Mark C. Chu-Carroll wrote: > > > If there's a good way to use something PAM like without losing > > > the cross-platform property, and maintaining the connection between > > > the authenticator and the repository, I'd be glad to add it in. I haven't > > > had time to explore doing something like that. > > > > PAM is cross-platform: Linux, SUN, IRIX... > > Oh, you mean that "other" OS... 8^) > > Yes. Unfortunately, I do. We don't do a good job of supporting > windows. But at the moment, the things preventing windows support > from working are relatively minor (postgres problems). If we switch > to a Unix-based authentication system, we're really putting a big > barrier up against windows - even if that auth system can be made to work > under cygwin. (And I don't think I've seen a PAM implementation for > cygwin.) > > Once the system gets more functional and more stable, we'd really like > to try to convince the Eclipse guys to look at supporting Stellation inside > of Eclipse. There's zero chance of that if it doesn't work 100% on > windows. I think you should look into JAAS: it is part of the Java2 v1.4 so you get it for free. And probably works on windows. florin -- "If it's not broken, let's fix it till it is." 41A9 2BDE 8E11 F1C5 87A6 03EE 34B3 E075 3B90 DFE4
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