Changeset 7e11b83c for postlfs/security/libpwquality.xml

Timestamp:

06/09/2020 06:16:16 PM (4 years ago)

Author:

Douglas R. Reno <renodr@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, kea, ken/TL2024, ken/inkscape-core-mods, ken/tuningfonts, lazarus, lxqt, plabs/newcss, plabs/python-mods, python3.11, qt5new, rahul/power-profiles-daemon, renodr/vulkan-addition, trunk, upgradedb, xry111/intltool, xry111/llvm18, xry111/soup3, xry111/test-20220226, xry111/xf86-video-removal

Children:

edcb4a5

Parents:

50c49293

Message:

Update to Linux-PAM-1.4.0
Update text on the libpwquality page to mention that pam_cracklib is now obsolete, and libpwquality is the intended replacement. See Ticket #13651
Move libpwquality.so.* to /lib

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@23270 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

File:

• postlfs/security/libpwquality.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

postlfs/security/libpwquality.xml

@@ -116 +116 @@
       Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
     </para>
-
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+    
+<screen role="root"><userinput>make install                          &amp;&amp;
+
+mv -v /usr/lib/libpwquality.so.* /lib &amp;&amp;
+ln -sfv ../../lib/$(readlink /usr/lib/libpwquality.so) /usr/lib/libpwquality.so</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -129 +132 @@
       is <parameter>python</parameter>, and requires <xref linkend="python2"/>.
     </para>
+
   </sect2>
 
@@ -134 +138 @@
     <title>Configuring libpwquality</title>
 
+<!--
     <para>
       <application>libpwquality</application> is intended to be a
@@ -141 +146 @@
       <filename>pam_pwquality.so</filename> module, execute the following
       commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
+    </para>
+-->
+
+    <para>
+      <application>libpwquality</application> is intended to be a
+      functional replacement for the now-obsolete
+      <filename>pam_cracklib.so</filename> PAM module. To configure the system
+      to use the <filename>pam_pwquality</filename> module, execute the
+      following commands as the
+      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
     </para>