Changeset dd9aab33

Timestamp:

10/22/2021 10:17:02 PM (3 years ago)

Author:

Tim Tassonis <stuff@…>

Branches:

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:

c09fd0ab

Parents:

3713bc71

Message:

Document and add patch for PAM support to exim-4.95.

Files:

• introduction/welcome/changelog.xml (modified) (1 diff)
• server/mail/exim.xml (modified) (4 diffs)

introduction/welcome/changelog.xml

@@ -46 +46 @@
       <itemizedlist>
         <listitem>
+          <para>[timtas] - Document and add patch for PAM support to exim-4.95. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;15624">#15624</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
           <para>[pierre] - Change the download location for upower, so that
           it is not needed to run autogen.sh. Fixes

server/mail/exim.xml

@@ -83 +83 @@
           shipped with the sources) can be downloaded by following the links
           shown at <ulink url="http://exim.org/docs.html"/>.
+        </para>
+      </listitem>
+      <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Required patch when building with <application>PAM</application> support:
+          <ulink url="&patch-root;/exim-&exim-version;-call_pam-1.patch"/>
         </para>
       </listitem>
@@ -132 +138 @@
 
     <para>
-      Install <application>Exim</application> with the following commands:
+      If you want to build with <application>PAM</application> support, apply the following patch:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>patch -Np2 -i ../exim-&exim-version;-call_pam-1-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Configure <application>Exim</application> with the following commands:
     </para>
 
@@ -143 +155 @@
 
 printf "USE_GDBM = yes\nDBMLIB = -lgdbm\n" >> Local/Makefile &amp;&amp;
-make</userinput></screen>
+</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      If you want to add <application>Linux PAM</application> support, also run the following commands:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>sed -i '/# SUPPORT_PAM=yes/s,^#,,' Local/Makefile
+echo "EXTRALIBS=-lpam" >> Local/Makefile
+</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>
+      Build <application>Exim</application> with the following command:
+    </para>
+
+<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
 
     <para>
@@ -399 +426 @@
         desires.
       </para>
+    </sect3>
+
+    <sect3>
+      <title>Linux PAM Configuration</title>
+
+      <para>
+        If you have built <application>Exim</application> with 
+        <application>Linux PAM</application> support, you need to create a
+        <application>PAM</application> configuration file to get it working
+        correctly with BLFS.
+      </para>
+
+      <para>
+        Issue the following command as the <systemitem
+        class="username">root</systemitem> user to create the configuration
+        file for <application>Linux PAM</application>:
+      </para>
+
+<screen role="root"><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/pam.d/exim &lt;&lt; "EOF"
+<literal># Begin /etc/pam.d/exim
+
+auth    include system-auth
+account include system-account
+session include system-session
+
+# End /etc/pam.d/exim</literal>
+EOF</userinput></screen>
 
     </sect3>