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Diffstat (limited to 'Linux-PAM/README')
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Linux-PAM/README b/Linux-PAM/README index 364890db..81159140 100644 --- a/Linux-PAM/README +++ b/Linux-PAM/README @@ -15,7 +15,16 @@ To make sure everything was compiled correct, run: make check -If a test failes, you should not continue to install this build. +If a test fails, you should not continue to install this build. +These tests require a suitable file /etc/pam.d/other; if necessary, +create such a file containing, e.g., these five lines (not indented) + + #%PAM-1.0 + auth required pam_deny.so + account required pam_deny.so + password required pam_deny.so + session required pam_deny.so + Note, if you are worried - don't even think about doing the next line (most Linux distributions already support PAM out of the box, so if @@ -37,15 +46,20 @@ WARNING: Running "make xtests" can overwrite configuration data or make the system insecure/unfunctional for a short time! Backup all important data before! + If you do not wish to make the modules dynamically loadable, but build a static libpam including all PAM modules, you have to call: - ./configure --enable-static-modules + ./configure --enable-static-modules --disable-pie In this case you cannot use pam_unix in the PAM config files instead you have to use pam_unix_acct, pam_unix_auth, pam_unix_passwd and pam_unix_session. +To run the build checks with static modules, you need to run the +following command: make -C test check && make check + + To regenerate manual pages from the XML source files you need the docbook-xsl stylesheets in version 1.69.1 or newer, older versions had a bug which generates a broken layout. |