Re: [gdm-list] [RFC PATCH] Support for PAM_XDISPLAY and PAM_XAUTH_DATA

[Oswald Buddenhagen <ossi kde org>]

On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 01:27:53AM -0500, Eamon Walsh wrote:
> I am considering going back to the Linux-PAM list and asking to change
> PAM_XAUTH_DATA (if it's not too late) to just take the name of an
> authority file instead of a raw Xauth structure.
>
+1
PAM_XAUTH_FILE for a name would be more obvoius and cause a less broken
transition if PAM_XAUTH_DATA is already actively used.
one thing to consider about a file are access rights. shouldn't be a
problem, but one never knows.

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