diff -ur apache_1.3.27/src/support/Makefile.tmpl apache_1.3.27.old/src/support/Makefile.tmpl~
--- apache_1.3.27/src/support/Makefile.tmpl	Sat Mar  2 20:46:23 2002
+++ apache_1.3.27.old/src/support/Makefile.tmpl	Mon Nov  4 14:33:14 2002
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@
 	    -e 's%@LDFLAGS_MOD_SHLIB@%$(LDFLAGS_MOD_SHLIB)%g' \
 	    -e 's%@LIBS_SHLIB@%$(LIBS_SHLIB)%g' && chmod a+x apxs
 
+suexec: CFLAGS += -DSUEXEC_PAM_SESSION
+suexec: LIBS += -lpam
 suexec: suexec.o
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o suexec $(LDFLAGS) suexec.o $(LIBS)
 
diff -ur apache_1.3.27/src/support/suexec.c apache_1.3.27.old/src/support/suexec.c
--- apache_1.3.27/src/support/suexec.c	Mon Nov  4 14:30:16 2002
+++ apache_1.3.27.old/src/support/suexec.c	Mon Nov  4 14:35:45 2002
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
 #include <stdarg.h>
 #include <strings.h>
 
+#ifdef SUEXEC_PAM_SESSION
+#include <security/pam_appl.h>
+#endif
+
 #include "suexec.h"
 
 /*
@@ -848,6 +852,43 @@
 #endif /* SUEXEC_UMASK */
     clean_env();
 
+#ifdef SUEXEC_PAM_SESSION
+    /*
+     * Use PAM session support. Initial goal was to use the pam_limits module.
+     */
+
+#ifndef PAM_SERVICE_NAME
+#define PAM_SERVICE_NAME "suexec"
+#endif /* PAM_SERVICE_NAME */
+
+#define PAM_CALL(call, name, err_code, do_end) \
+    do \
+    { \
+       rc = (call); \
+       if (rc != PAM_SUCCESS) \
+       { \
+           log_err("error: %s(): [%d] %s\n", (name), rc, pam_strerror(pamh, rc)); \
+           (do_end) && pam_end(pamh, rc); \
+           exit(err_code); \
+	} \
+    } while (0)
+
+    {
+       int             rc;
+       pam_handle_t    *pamh = NULL;
+       struct pam_conv pamc = { NULL, NULL };
+
+       PAM_CALL(pam_start(PAM_SERVICE_NAME, actual_uname, &pamc, &pamh),
+                "pam_start", 241, 0);
+       PAM_CALL(pam_open_session(pamh, 0), "pam_open_session", 242, 1);
+       PAM_CALL(pam_close_session(pamh, 0), "pam_close_session", 243, 1);
+       PAM_CALL(pam_end(pamh, 0), "pam_end", 244, 0);
+    }
+
+#undef PAM_CALL
+#undef PAM_SERVICE_NAME
+#endif /* SUEXEC_PAM_SESSION */
+
     /* 
      * Be sure to close the log file so the CGI can't
      * mess with it.  If the exec fails, it will be reopened