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authorLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2018-02-11 13:04:56 +0000
committerLaurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org>2018-02-11 13:04:56 +0000
commit0a7251045255a3e41bad384738a5c5296750d061 (patch)
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parent95744799b696198aa9eb358d4f8fbaa002b34ef9 (diff)
downloadpamela-0a7251045255a3e41bad384738a5c5296750d061.tar.xz
doc: conversation clarification
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diff --git a/doc/building.html b/doc/building.html
index fdd0cd8..ff25de1 100644
--- a/doc/building.html
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@@ -122,8 +122,10 @@ solution is to rewrite these modules so they communicate the
change they wish to make via the official PAM API, and have the
application perform the change itself. PAM provides a way to
do this: the <em>conversation function</em>, which exchanges data
-between PAM and the application. pamela fully supports custom
-conversation functions.
+between PAM and the application. Currently, only four types of
+messages are officially specified by PAM, but the mechanism is
+easily extensible and was designed for this. pamela fully supports
+customized conversation functions with any message type.
</p>
</body>
diff --git a/doc/index.html b/doc/index.html
index 3c2f58c..b7cd020 100644
--- a/doc/index.html
+++ b/doc/index.html
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@ for privilege elevation.
<hr />
+<ul>
+<li> <a href="building.html">How to build an application with pamela</a> </li>
+</ul>
+
+<hr />
+
<h2> Installation </h2>
<h3> Requirements </h3>