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diff --git a/README.debian b/README.debian index 464d40ef..03620cfc 100644 --- a/README.debian +++ b/README.debian @@ -11,4 +11,16 @@ Application Developers' Guide" and "The Linux-PAM Module Writers' Guide". The Debian default configuration is to emulate the old UNIX authentication. +Changes Since Debian 3.0 +------------------------ + +The pam_securetty module used to prompt for a password when it was +going to fail access. This Debian-specific patch defeats one of the +key uses of this module: ot deny access to privileged accounts soon +enough in the PAM stack that the password is never requested and is +not compromised over insecure network links. If you want to ask for +the password use required not requisite in your PAM config. + + + J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) <jdassen@debian.org>, Wed, 23 Sep 1998 22:53:15 +0200 |