/etc/security/pam_winbind.conf mandatory ?

Guenther Deschner gd at samba.org
Wed May 10 20:10:54 GMT 2006


Hi Jerry,

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 01:02:55PM -0700, Gerald (Jerry) Carter wrote:
> Guenther,
> 
> It appears that pam_winbind will not work unless
> /etc/security/pam_winbind.conf exists.  I'm concerned
> about this backwards incompatible change.
> 
>   static int _pam_parse(int argc, const char **argv, dictionary **d)
>   {
>   ...
>         *d = iniparser_load(CONST_DISCARD(char *, config_file));
>         if (*d == NULL) {
>                 return -1;
>         }
>   ...
>   }
> 
> Seems like a better idea would be to just use defaults if no
> configuration file is present.

Ok, that sounds reasonable.

I'll add a check for that.

Guenther
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