Changeset c6bdcb0 for postlfs

Timestamp:

03/23/2006 02:42:36 PM (18 years ago)

Author:

Randy McMurchy <randy@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.1, 11.0, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.0, 12.1, 6.2, 6.2.0, 6.2.0-rc1, 6.2.0-rc2, 6.3, 6.3-rc1, 6.3-rc2, 6.3-rc3, 7.10, 7.4, 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:

102f11d

Parents:

7887e3c8

Message:

Added a note to the CrackLib instructions advising to reinstall Shadow if you need strong password support without installing Linux-PAM; also modified the Shadow instructions to reflect that it needs to be reinstalled (and provided the modified commands) if CrackLib is installed without Linux-PAM

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@5740 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

Location:

postlfs/security

Files:

• cracklib.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• shadow.xml (modified) (3 diffs)

postlfs/security/cracklib.xml

@@ -154 +154 @@
 <screen><userinput>make test</userinput></screen>
 
+    <important>
+      <para>If you are installing <application>CrackLib</application> after
+      your LFS system has been completed and you have the
+      <application>Shadow</application> package installed, you must
+      reinstall <xref linkend="shadow"/> if you wish to provide strong
+      password support on your system. If you are now going to install the
+      <xref linkend="linux-pam"/> package, you may disregard this note as
+      <application>Shadow</application> will be reinstalled after the
+      <application>Linux-PAM</application> installation.</para>
+    </important>
+
   </sect2>
 

postlfs/security/shadow.xml

@@ -36 +36 @@
     <para><application>Shadow</application> was indeed installed in LFS and
     there is no reason to reinstall it unless you installed
-    <application>Linux-PAM</application>. If you did install
-    <application>Linux-PAM</application>, reinstalling
-    <application>Shadow</application> will allow programs such as
+    <application>CrackLib</application> or
+    <application>Linux-PAM</application> after your LFS system was completed.
+    If you have installed <application>CrackLib</application> after LFS, then
+    reinstalling <application>Shadow</application> will enable strong password
+    support. If you have installed <application>Linux-PAM</application>,
+    reinstalling <application>Shadow</application> will allow programs such as
     <command>login</command> and <command>su</command> to utilize PAM.</para>
 
@@ -74 +77 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
-    <para role="required"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/></para>
+    <para role="required"><xref linkend="linux-pam"/> and/or
+    <xref linkend="cracklib"/></para>
 
   </sect2>
@@ -80 +84 @@
   <sect2 role="installation">
     <title>Installation of Shadow</title>
+
+    <important>
+      <para>The installation shown below is for a situation where
+      <application>Linux-PAM</application> has been installed (with or
+      without a <application>CrackLib</application> installation) and
+      <application>Shadow</application> is being reinstalled to support the
+      <application>Linux-PAM</application> installation. If you are
+      reinstalling <application>Shadow</application> to provide strong
+      password support via the <application>CrackLib</application> library
+      and you have not installed <application>Linux-PAM</application>, ensure
+      you replace the <parameter>--with-libpam --without-libcrack</parameter>
+      parameters with <parameter>--with-libcrack</parameter>.</para>
+    </important>
 
     <para>Reinstall <application>Shadow</application> by running the following