Planning and Configuring HP DCE 1.8

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HP-UX Integrated Login
Activating HP-UX Integrated Login
and repeat step 2.
4. auth.adm performs the following actions during the activation
process:
• Verifies that the policy is an acceptable one.
• Activates the login technology.
• Activates the fallback technology.
• Activates additional technologies.
• Records the configured authentication policy in a policy file,
/etc/auth.conf. This file triggers the Integrated Login utilities to
enforce the authentication policy. The policy file follows a
predefined format. Do not edit this file. To change a policy on a
system, reconfigure it with the new policy using the auth.adm
command.
• Saves the current version of pam.conf and creates a new version;
the behavior changes as soon as the new /etc/pam.conf has been
created.
The activation process terminates with an error message when any of
these steps fail. One exception to this is the activation of additional
technologies. If auth.adm fails to activate any of the additional
technologies, it continues on after issuing a warning message and
removing the corresponding technology from the authentication policy.