Le 19/01/2014 01:11, Fernando de Oliveira a écrit : > Pierre, > > Your suggestion about Linux-PAM tests is very relevant, and something > needs to be done. I have been thinking more about this, reading and > reading again your first post in the thread. Essentially, you are > suggesting to modify the tests instructions, so that if they are run in > an eventual reinstall or upgrade, the user doesn't get the configuration > directory lost. This gave me the following idea. > > What about to summarize this for the user, instead of modifying the > instructions? It would be done in a note just before the tests: > > "If you have a system with Linux-PAM installed and working, and wish to > run the tests, backup first your /etc/pam.d directory and, after the > tests are finished, remember to restore it" > You are right fernando. It is more in the spirit of the book (and of what I suggest in other posts): do not give full instructions for optional commands.
OTOH, you really may screw up your system, so maybe a <warning> rather than a note. Something like (not sure about the exact wording): If you have a system with Linux-PAM installed and working, be careful when modifying the files in /etc/pam.d, since your system may become totally unusable. If you want run the tests, backup the /etc/pam.d/other file before running the following commands, and restore it afterwards. Regards Pierre -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
