Re: [arch-general] pambase update now requires explicit service files in /etc/pam.d/ - dovecot affected

2019-02-12 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Tue, Feb 12, 2019 at 09:15:39AM -0500, Jens John wrote: > On Tue, 12 Feb 2019, at 12:02, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > > I am sorry to ask this so late in the discussion, but why Arch default of > > the > > "other" module was insecure (and hence why the change)? Is there something > >

Re: [arch-general] pambase update now requires explicit service files in /etc/pam.d/ - dovecot affected

2019-02-12 Thread Jens John
On Tue, 12 Feb 2019, at 12:02, Leonid Isaev via arch-general wrote: > I am sorry to ask this so late in the discussion, but why Arch default of the > "other" module was insecure (and hence why the change)? Is there something > wrong with pam_unix? Not inherently. They implemented a suggestion from

Re: [arch-general] [solved] xflock4 password validation fails - Was: xflock4 and pambase

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf via arch-general
On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 13:27 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via arch-general wrote: > I'll file a bug report against xlockmore later. Oops, it is already reported two times. https://bugs.archlinux.org/index.php?string=xlock&project=5&search_name=&type%5B%5D=&sev%5B%5D=&pri%5B%5D=&due%5B%5D=&reported%5B%5D=&c

[arch-general] [solved] xflock4 password validation fails - Was: xflock4 and pambase

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf via arch-general
I just noticed this: $ pacman -Qi xfce4-session | grep -A 4 Optional\ Deps | tail -2 xlockmore: for locking screen with xflock4 [installed] slock: for locking screen with xflock4 [installed] It's indeed xlock, that is and should be used by xflock4, furthermore

[arch-general] xflock4 password validation fails - Was: xflock4 and pambase

2019-02-12 Thread Ralf Mardorf via arch-general
Hi, if I try to unlock the screen after running xflock4 by an fbpanel menu entry or from command line, validation of the password fails. The language settings are en_US.utf8 The keyboard layout is German. However, the keyboard layout seems not to be related to the issue. On Tue, 2019-02-12 at 07:

Re: [arch-general] pambase update now requires explicit service files in /etc/pam.d/ - dovecot affected

2019-02-12 Thread Leonid Isaev via arch-general
On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 11:54:22PM -0600, Doug Newgard via arch-general wrote: > On Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:42:01 -0800 > frede...@ofb.net wrote: > > > I don't understand the need for that reaction... > > He posted that he's glad he broke the rules, implying that he'd gladly do it > again in the futu