[Twisted-Python] INCOMPATIBLE CHANGE: Removing PAM support from Twisted

Tristan Seligmann mithrandi at mithrandi.net
Sun May 10 23:52:36 MDT 2015


On 11 May 2015 at 06:35, Glyph <glyph at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
> I'm very much in favor of an outright removal in this case, so consider me signed off.  Given the gnarly security implications of this thing I would take the unusual step of continuing to approve of removal even if we have a real-life user who might be impacted.
>
> That said, lack of actual PAM support (and more generally, platform-integrated user authentication mechanisms) is a sore spot and we should add something less terrible when we can.

What glyph said :)
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