Authentication via PAM/NIS?

[Joel Peshkin]

Axel Thimm wrote:

>Hi,
>
>is it possible to reuse an existing user database other than LDAP
>(e.g. a NIS database) to authenticate users against?
>
>We'd like to use bugzilla as a ticketing system for a helpdesk, but
>would not like to have the users create new accounts/passwords
>etc. Eventually we will be going the LDAP route anyway, but the
>helpdesk is top priority right now.
>  
>
You can use any authentication mechanism your webserver supports and 
pass the authentication information to Bugzilla using environment variables.