libpam-pwdfile for Debian ------------------------- This module allows one to authenticate users via an arbitrary password file. The file follows the same format as /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, although only the first two fields are required. In other words, each entry should start at the beginning of a line and use the following format: [username]:[password-hash] The following command provides a quick way to generate an appropriate hash, which may then be copied into your password file. perl -e '$salt=q($1$).int(rand(1e8)); print "password: "; chomp($passwd=); print crypt($passwd,$salt),"\n"' Here's an example of a working configuration... specifically, this is copied from my /etc/pam.d/dovecot file. auth required pam_pwdfile.so pwdfile=/etc/dovecot/dovecot.passwd @include common-account @include common-session -- Greg Norris Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:50:37 -0600