#4596: Removing /etc/pam.d after Linux-Pam tests is hazardous
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Reporter: pierre.labastie | Owner: blfs-book@…
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: current
Component: BOOK | Version: SVN
Severity: normal | Keywords:
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The instructions of the current Linux-Pam page have that:
{{{
rm -rfv /etc/pam.d
}}}
after the test. This is very dangerous if ''shadow'' has already been
compiled with PAM support, because you cannot ''login'' nor ''su''
anymore, so it is very likely that you get locked out of your system.
The only solution in this case is to recreate the /etc/pam.d files from a
rescue system.
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