Pierre Labastie wrote: > 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.
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