HP-UX 11i Version 1.6 Release Notes

Other Functionality
64-Bit PAM
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64-Bit PAM
The Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) give system administrators the
flexibility of choosing any authentication service available on the system to perform
authentication. The framework interface is implemented by the library
/usr/lib/libpam.1. New authentication service modules can be plugged in and made
available without modifying the applications. The authentication services are
implemented by their own loadable modules whose paths are specified through the
/etc/pam.conf and /etc/pam_user.conf file.
Summary of Change
In HP-UX 11i v1.6, IPF support for the 64-bit PAM libraries has been added.
Details of Change
In order for PAM to support multiple instruction set architectures (i.e. 32/64-bit IPF/PA),
we implemented Corrigendum U039 of the PAM Standard in release HP-UX 11i v1.6.
Refer to:
http://www.opengroup.org/pubs/corrigenda/u039f.htm
In HP-UX 11i v1.6, IPF support for the 64-bit PAM libraries has been added.
NOTE The mixing of 32 and 64-bit is not allowed. For example, a 32-bit application cannot
execute 64-bit library code.
Impact
There are no impacts.
Compatibility
There are no compatibility issues.
Performance
There are no performance issues.
Obsolescence
Not applicable.
Documentation
No documentation changes were necessary.