The differences you will find are :
A) - modules
OpenPAM doesn't have the complete range of Linux-PAM modules
B) - specifications
OpenPAM meets the PAM specs and only the PAM specs
Linux-PAM contains many extensions in addition to the specs
C) - codewise
Both include structures for declaring the module to PAM apps.
The structures are different.
D) - linking
OpenPAM modules must be linked in a certain way, or they won't work
Linux-PAM modules are much more dynamic.
E) - support
OpenPAM has no mailing list, and one person working on the code.
Linux-PAM has a mailing list that one can ask for help on.
F) - Documentation
OpenPAM has man pages.
Linux-PAM has man pages. People have written tutorials, etc.
The E) and F) items were the biggest issues for me. I wanted to use
Linux-PAM on my BSD machine, which uses OpenPAM. Still, I've begun
porting the pam_mysql module for use in the OpenPAM because I fear that
I'd mess something up and lock the system. However, my afinity lies
with Linux-PAM.
Joe
Post by R.MatlHi,
Can you tell me the differences between these two beasts ? I'd like
to try OpenPAM on linux as linux PAM seems a bit chaotic to me .
Thank you,
R.Matl
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