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Hi
I am currently using saslauthd to authenticate users onto an imap server (cyrus).

I need to have it so that a user can logon to an account with multiple passwords (even just two would work). Is this at all possible within linux?

Right now I am using the shadow file for authentication with sasauthd, but it also supports PAM, and I understand that PAM might let me do this. Is this possible?

You could set up two or more usernames with the password file entries specifying the same userID, groupID, home directory, etc., but have a different password for each.

Giving a user two passwords and allowing either one to be used could be done on some systems by setting up a PAM authentication module that accesses something other than (or in addition to) the normal file containing the encrypted passwords. You would also have to modify the passwd utility to change the right entry based on requesting the user's passwd and figuring out which one to change based on what the user enters...

Hi

That worked perfectly. I am now using another module with pam to allow for dual authentication.

Thanks