From: whynot@pozharski.name   
      
   with  David Chmelik wrote:   
      
   > Slackware-current between 14.2 & 15 added PAM, breaking some/many   
   > network commands/services like rsh/rlogin/rexec.  Their configurations   
   > were in PAM Linux GitHub, not for a couple/few years, so old versions   
   > may not work.  What configuration could restore these (even blank   
   > passwords even for root?  Blank-password root rlogin/rsh is a main   
   > cluster computing way, having many same OS installations.) (Slackware   
   > by 15 /did/ fix this for physical login almost as well as FreeBSD   
   > Unix: asks if you even want a password or not--even root--and setup   
   > PAM to allow... one FreeBSD user falsely claimed rsh/rlogin is   
   > deprecated. Slackware's adduser & passwd now force certain password   
   > styles/sizes but root can alter/blank.)   
      
   *CUT*   
      
   (Rest of the rant has been deliberately skipped.)  As refugee from   
   debian I was/am living with PAM for almost two decades.  From this   
   perspective, be assured, what you want is totally doable.  Yes, The   
   Dreaded Learning Curve is ahead, but it's not that steep -- start with   
   "man 8 pam".  Yes, I have my own questions and unsolved mysteries but my   
   configurations are secure enough for now (time is scarce resource).   
      
   p.s.  As of supposed blame laying -- don't.  The Patrick did what he did   
   because time is scarce resource.   
      
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   Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom   
      
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