[scponly] Alternate authentication methods for sftp

[Andy Gayton]

> On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:48:21PM +1000, Andy Gayton wrote:
>>Is it possible to authenticate of something besides the unix system 
>>password file for sftp only users?  Perhaps from a database or from ldap?

Sven Hoexter wrote:
> For a realy good backend with a large user base I would try to find a
> pam module. Ok if you're not using pam I've no good idea.

Cheers Sven, I wasn't aware of pam, it looks to be just what I was after!

For other people like me the following link looks like a good start:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/

thanks again,
Andy.