Password sync plugin, and questions about plugin criticality

[Luke Howard]

>> Sounds fine to me -- although it might be useful to consider how
>> a single DSO can implement multiple plugins (obviously there are
>> many ways to skin a cat...).
>
>By exporting the necessary symbols for all of them.

Oh, I was talking about something else, but I don't think you
want to do what I meant anyway so... agreed. :-)

>Example of what I propose: PAM, where plug-ins simply export function
>symbols named pam_sm_{authenticate, acct_mgmt, setcred, open_session,
>close_session}.

Good point. I should have picked PAM as an example instead.

-- Luke

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