Changeset 5c6a906

Timestamp:

01/23/2014 09:49:25 AM (10 years ago)

Author:

Pierre Labastie <pieere@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 7.10, 7.5, 7.6, 7.6-blfs, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, basic, bdubbs/svn, elogind, gnome, kde5-13430, kde5-14269, kde5-14686, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, krejzi/svn, lazarus, lxqt, nosym, perl-modules, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, systemd-11177, systemd-13485, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

af5d034

Parents:

514e1487

Message:

Add information about updating or reinstalling PAM, to avoid removing
important configuration files

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@12621 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml (modified) (2 diffs)

postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml

@@ -146 +146 @@
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, a configuration file must be created. This file
-      will be removed after the tests have completed. Ensure there are no errors
-      produced by the tests before continuing the installation. First create the
-      configuration file by issuing the following commands as the
-      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+      To test the results, a suitable <filename>/etc/pam.d/other</filename>
+      configuration file must exist.
+    </para>
+
+    <caution>
+      <title>Reinstallation or upgrade of Linux PAM</title>
+      <para>
+        If you have a system with Linux PAM installed and working, be careful
+        when modifying the files in
+        <filename class="directory">/etc/pam.d</filename>, since your system
+        may become totally unusable. If you want to run the tests, you do not
+        need to create another <filename>/etc/pam.d/other</filename> file. The
+        installed one can be used for that purpose.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+         You should also be aware that <command>make install</command>
+         overwrites the configuration files in
+         <filename class="directory">/etc/security</filename> as well as
+         <filename>/etc/environment</filename. In case you
+         have modified those files, be sure to backup them.
+      </para>
+    </caution>
+
+    <para>
+      For a first installation, create the configuration file by issuing the
+      following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+      user:
     </para>
 
@@ -164 +187 @@
     <para>
       Now run the tests by issuing <command>make check</command>.
-    </para>
-
-    <para>
-      Remove the configuration file created earlier by issuing the
-      following command as the
+      Ensure there are no errors produced by the tests before continuing the
+      installation.
+    </para>
+
+    <para>
+      Only in case of a first installation, remove the configuration file
+      created earlier by issuing the following command as the
       <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
     </para>