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<H2><A NAME="s9">9. Notes</A></H2>

<P>I intend to put development comments here... like ``at the moment
this isn't actually supported''. At release time what ever is in
this section will be placed in the Bugs section below! :)
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<P>Are we going to be able to support the <CODE>use_mapped_pass</CODE> module
argument? Anyone know a cheap (free) good lawyer?!
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<LI>This issue may go away, as Sun have investigated adding a new
management group for mappings. In this way, libpam would have mapping
modules that could securely store passwords using strong cryptography
and in such a way that they need not be distributed with Linux-PAM.</LI>
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