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On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 15:17 +0200, Diego "Flameeyes" Pettenò wrote: |
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> Seems like pam_console modules is broken. I'm not able to make it compile both |
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> as a standalone ebuild i'm trying to write and as the complete pam with |
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> +pam_console flag. |
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> Anyway I was wondering what pam_console is used for, at the end. It's a way to |
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> set up permissions when someone logins at a console. I would never use |
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> something like that on a remote server, as anyone which could have a local |
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> login can do anything· It also doesn't make sense on a recent user system |
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> configured properly, as devfs/udev would take care of permissions, and users |
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> needs only to set the group correctly (simpler than using pam_console |
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> anyway). |
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> Seems to me like a workaround for old old (too old!) systems, which is no more |
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> needed at least for us. |
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> I know this is there also for compatibility, but this makes sys-libs/pam |
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> ebuild very bloated as for now, and still I don't know a reason to have it |
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> there. |
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> Some comments about it? |
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/care |
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We anyhow move to not using it by default in 0.78 - axe it while we |
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still can. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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