Talk:Authbind

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This article was nominated for deletion on 8 March 2009 (UTC). The result of the discussion was keep.

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Latest comment: 17 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Is it Linux-specific?
Does it have common uses other than those listed in the article?
Is it generally considered a good idea to use authbind rather than chroot/sudo/suid/userland-TCP-ports?
What if any potential security-related complications can arise from its use? MrZaius^talk 22:32, 25 March 2007 (UTC)Reply

I've rewritten the article and may have answered some of those questions in the process. A quick browse though the source code might help with anything left unanswered. Tothwolf (talk) 12:06, 15 March 2009 (UTC)Reply

Inbound links?

Latest comment: 14 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion

Apparently this article is missing inbound links. However, users are still finding it via search engines. I just received an email from a potential user who had found stale links (to my long-dead cvsweb entry for authbind) via this Wikipedia page. So I have fixed up the WP page. But I don't really want to engage in the kind of self-promotion that would be involved in finding appropriate pages for inbound links. Ijackson (talk) 16:41, 10 July 2012 (UTC)Reply

This page was redesigned at the edge.

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Inbound links?