5.2 Debugging

If you have Python bindings for the PAM Application library then you can write test units in Python and use Pythons pdb module debug a Python PAM module. This is how pam_python was developed.

I used PyPAM for the Python Application library bindings. Distributions often package it as python-pam. To set breakpoints in pdb either wait until PAM has loaded your module, or import it before you start debugging.