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Rpam

DESCRIPTION:

   This extension provides PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) integration.
   The library provides a stable API for applications to defer to for
   authentication tasks.

FEATURES/PROBLEMS:

  • Not reported

SYNOPSIS:

In a nutshell:

  require 'rpam'
  include Rpam

  if authpam("user","password") == true
        puts "Authenticate Successful"
  else
        puts "Authenticate Failure"
  end

REQUIREMENTS:

  • pam-devel
  • ruby-devel

INSTALL:

  • gem install rpam (might need sudo privileges)

Or, you can do it the hard way (without Rubygems):

  • tar xzf rpam-*.tar.gz
  • cd rpam-*/ext
  • ruby extconf.rb
  • make
  • make install (might need sudo privileges)

LICENSE:

  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
  (at your option) any later version.

  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  GNU General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

  A full copy of the GNU license is provided in the file LICENSE.

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