Changes to PAM for the Solaris 9 Release

The Solaris 9 release includes several enhancements to the PAM service. The following list highlights the most important changes:

• To accommodate proper stacking, the pam_unix module is broken into single service modules. These modules provide the same capabilities as in the existing module. The capabilities are provided by the following modules: pam_authtok_get, pam_authtok_check, pam_authtok_store, pam_unix_auth, pam_dhkeys and pam_passwd_auth. See PAM Modules for information about the new modules.

• New PAM services are included: cron, dtsession, ppp and ssh. See Valid Service Names for information about the new services.

• The PAM configuration file was updated to include the new modules and services. See Generic pam.conf File for information about the configuration file.