Le 20/01/2014 02:00, Fernando de Oliveira a écrit :
> Em 19-01-2014 14:21, Pierre Labastie escreveu:
>> Le 19/01/2014 18:18, Bruce Dubbs a écrit :
>>> 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.
>>> Compromise.  Use <caution>.  :)
>>>
>>>     -- Bruce
>>>
>> Agreed, I think I have to learn the whole set of admonitions...
>> Pierre
>>
> I agree.
>
lol, You agree that I should learn the whole set of admonitions?

Creating a ticket and doing it. That ticket may be useful for people who 
erase their /etc/pam.d dir
and need to understand why nothing works anymore... (well, it happened 
to me).
Pierre
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