On 01/05/2010 03:58 PM, stosss wrote: >> >> I don't think it's in any way unclear, but I'll explain anyway... >> >> ENV_SUPATH is an option in /etc/login.defs, specifying the default PATH >> for the root user. However, the Shadow page in BLFS assumes you are >> rebuiding Shadow with PAM support, and if you are using PAM, ENV_SUPATH >> no longer does anything. > > I got that. Is it telling about a process that was done in the steps > above on the shadow page _or_ is it telling about something that still > needs (or might need) to be done?
It looks like you're overthinking things and reading more into what's on the page then what's there. It's referring to exactly what is done on that page - configuring Shadow to use PAM. In particular, it follows up on the previous note about the regular path now being handled by a PAM module and configured in a .conf file - it's just that there apparently isn't any PAM config for the superuser specifically, so the additional note was added about adding to root's .bashrc. Though I could also point out that if you look at that long sed command that modifies login.defs by commenting out a bunch of vars (see the command under the "Configuring /etc/login.defs" section), you'll see that ENV_SUPATH is on the list... Then there's the NOTE immediately after Shadow is installed: "The rest of this page is devoted to configuring Shadow to work properly with Linux-PAM." -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
