Em 20-01-2014 06:33, Pierre Labastie escreveu: > 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?
Yes. :-) But the intention was to say that I agree with the modification, with the tag <caution> and I agree that *I* also have to "learn the whole set of admonitions..." ;-) -- []s, Fernando -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
