This is the README for pam_unix2 -------------------------------- pam_unix2 comes as one module: pam_unix2.so For getting the passwd entries, it uses NSS from glibc >= 2.1. This module can get password entries from secure NIS+ server and change local, NIS and NIS+ passwords. This module supports passwords with DES, bigcrypt, MD5 and blowfish encryption. pam_unix2 reads at first his options from /etc/security/pam_unix2.conf. After this it use the options from the PAM config file for the application. For more information about the varios options, please read the pam_unix2.8 manual page. Thorsten Kukuk , 14. July 2003