Re: pam auth - add rhost item

Well, this is not matter since pam_set_item expect this argument as a
string.
Besides there is not always possible to get map from ip address to hostname.
So hostname is just a synonim for whatever information you cat get about
remote machine.

ps. sorry for delay answer.

On 11/16/2015 04:24 AM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 10/13/15 4:12 PM, kolo hhmow wrote:
>> Yes, sorry. I was in hurry when I posted this message.
>> I dont understand whay in CheckPAMAuth function only PAM_USER item is
>> adding to pam information before authenticate?
>> Wheter it would be a problem to set additional pam information like
>> PAM_RHOST which is very useful because we can use this item to restrict
>> access to this ip address.
> Your implementation uses NI_NUMERICHOST, but the documentation of
> pam_set_item speaks of a "hostname". Which is correct?
>