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 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
