From NEWS:
Version 0.7-RC1 2006/1/10 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Add a option "disconnect_every_op" option that forces pam_mysql to
disconnect from the database every operation (PR #1325395). -moriyoshi
* Use geteuid() instead of getuid() to check if the current user is authorized
to change the password (PR #1338667). -moriyoshi
* Allow root (uid=0) to change the passwords of other users without their old
password. -moriyoshi
Version 0.7-pre3 2005/9/29 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Changed handling of the "where" option to not escape meta characters
(PR #1261484). -moriyoshi
* Overhauled the SQL logging facility (PR #1256243). -moriyoshi
* Added logrhostcolumn (log.rhost_column) option that enables you to log the
value of the "rhost" item specified by the application. -moriyoshi
* Fixed possible security flaw (though not considered to be severe). -moriyoshi
* Fixed memory leaks spotted when "config_file" option is used. -moriyoshi
* Fixed try_first_pass behaviour. -moriyoshi
* Changed option parsing behaviour so "=" following each option name is not
needed. -moriyoshi
Version 0.7-pre2 2005/9/18 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Changed column name handling to not escape meta characters. Now you can
specify an expression to every XXXcolumn variable like "CONCAT(a, b, c)".
-moriyoshi
* Supported SHA1 hash (PR #1117036). -moriyoshi, alexeen
* Supported use_first_pass and try_first_pass options. -moriyoshi
Version 0.7-pre1 2005/6/13 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Support for NSS-mysql style configuration file which is inspired
by the Florian's work. -moriyoshi
Version 0.6.2 2005/9/29 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Overhauled the SQL logging facility (PR #1256243). -moriyoshi
* Fixed possible security flaw (though not considered to be severe). -moriyoshi
Version 0.6.1 2005/9/18 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Added use_323_passwd option that allows you to use an encryption function
used in the old MySQL versions (3.23.x). -moriyoshi, Daniel Renaud
* Fixed account management code that wouldn't work at all :-p -moriyoshi
* Included pam_mysql.spec to the tarball by default. This enables you to
make a RPM with the following oneliner: (rpmbuild -tb pam_mysql.tar.gz).
-moriyoshi
* Fixed compile failure that occurs with the old mysql_config (< 4.0.16).
-moriyoshi
* Fixed compile failure on Solaris when --with-openssl is specified to the
configure script.
Version 0.6 2005/6/13 <moriyoshi@users.sourceforge.net>
* Adopted autoconf / automake for build system. -moriyoshi
* Portable MD5 support by using OpenSSL / Cyrus-SASL. -moriyoshi
* MySQL library detection. -moriyoshi
* Added RPM spec file. -moriyoshi
* Tidied up the entire code for security and maintainability. -moriyoshi
* Modified log output to be more verbose. -moriyoshi
* Changed log facility type to LOG_AUTHPRIV as per the recommendation in
the PAM documentation. -moriyoshi
* Added support for unix socket and non-default ports. -moriyoshi
* Added account management and authentication token alteration code. -moriyoshi
* Remove default values for string parameters for the sake of performance.
-moriyoshi
* Enhanced SQL logging function to log session state as well. -moriyoshi
* Solaris support. -moriyoshi
developer is officially maintaining the package.
The rationale for changing this from "tech-pkg" to "pkgsrc-users" is
that it implies that any user can try to maintain the package (by
submitting patches to the mailing list). Since the folks most likely
to care about the package are the folks that want to use it or are
already using it, this would leverage the energy of users who aren't
developers.
by David Ferlier with minor changes by me.
This is a module that allows people to login to PAM aware applications
by authenticating to a MySQL db. Now configurable in terms of which
host the database reside upon, which table and username and password
column to interrogate.
