Question on passing username and password credentials through PLDM

[Jayashankar Padath]

Hi all,

We do have a requirement in which the Host needs to pass the username and
password credentials to the BMC PAM module for authentication OR during a
password change. These details are passed through the PLDM stack.

BMC specific requirements:

◦ The ability to prompt for a username/password and provide authentication
◦ The ability to change a password when the current password is expired

Seeing two design options here.

1. PLDM calls the PAM APIs directly
2. Make use of BIOS Config manager (But this has only password change and
no direct authentication. Also this does not make use of PAM)

Would like to know any inputs on the desired direction on this OR any one
else has similar designs in place.

Thanks and Best Regards,
Jayashankar
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