RFC: passdb redesign

[David Collier-Brown]

Gerald Carter wrote:
.hadn't thought about this.  Think of the
> following scenario.
> 
>   Plain text logons validated against /etc/passwd.
>   Migrating to encrypted passwords in local TDB.
>   Hmm....I need to think more.

	And the possibility of parallel use: both
	encrypted and unencrypted passwords, depending
	on client.

	This sounds a lot like the "pam problem", recast into
	a different (and somewhat simpler) space.

--dave
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