On Tue, 24 Nov 1998, Ted Lemon wrote:

: > Can someone mention a practical use for statically linking a program
: > requiring authentication?
: 
: /sbin/init prompts for a password before giving a root shell, if the
: console is not labeled secure.

I answered this in private mail to someone else:

/sbin/init is run when the only possible method of authentication is from
system files (i.e. /etc/master.passwd).  That method, I've already stated,
should be left in libc.

Any others?

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