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
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.
