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 pam_unix module. The capabilities are provided by the following modules:

  • pam_authtok_get

  • pam_authtok_check

  • pam_authtok_store

  • pam_unix_auth

  • pam_dhkeys

  • pam_passwd_auth

  See PAM Modules for information about the new modules.

• The ssh service name was added. See Valid Service Names for PAM for information about the PAM services.

• The PAM configuration file was updated. See Generic pam.conf File for information about the configuration file.