Security Identifier (SID) to User Identifier (uid) ResolutionSystem

[Leslie M. Barstow III]

On Thu, 30 Dec 1999, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> Les Barstow wrote:
> > > > - pam_ntdom
> > 
> > Shouldn't need it - PAM only authenticates a name against a [series of]
> > key[s]i, and returns only success or failure.  It would be *nice* if the
> > PAM module were able to update the SURS table, though - it gets the SID
> > back as part of the authentication process.

> actaully, see thinkj about mapping from NT naem to unix name, which _is_
> important, so you do need to reference the SURS table.  se other message
> for details.

I realized that as I read your other message.  So much for simplification.

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