[vbox-dev] How to build Virtual Box version 4.0 *without* PAM?

Manuel Reimer Manuel.Spam at nurfuerspam.de
Sat Dec 25 14:45:54 GMT 2010


Hello,

there are linux distributions, which don't use PAM for authentication. For 
example this is the case for Slackware.

How can I just *disable* to build whatever feature, which requires this "PAM"? 
First compile error occurs here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/browser/trunk/src/VBox/HostServices/auth/pam/VBoxAuthPAM.c

Can I just disable this and force VirtualBox to use this one:
http://www.virtualbox.org/browser/trunk/src/VBox/HostServices/auth/simple/VBoxAuthSimple.cpp

Will this work and will this disable the dependency to PAM? Is it worth to file 
a bug for this? IMHO it would be nice to have a "--disable-pam" for configure...

Thank you very much in advance

Yours

Manuel Reimer





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