[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam: upgrade-0.99.xml

[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam: upgrade-0.99.xml

[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    07/11/01 13:51:23

  Modified:             upgrade-0.99.xml
  Log:
  Fix grammar, thanks Mike.

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1.10                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml

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plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.10&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?r1=1.9&r2=1.10

Index: upgrade-0.99.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.9
retrieving revision 1.10
diff -u -r1.9 -r1.10
--- upgrade-0.99.xml	14 Jul 2007 13:27:55 -0000	1.9
+++ upgrade-0.99.xml	1 Nov 2007 13:51:22 -0000	1.10
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.9 2007/07/14 13:27:55 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.10 2007/11/01 13:51:22 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml" lang="en">
 <title>Linux-PAM 0.99 upgrade guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.5</version>
-<date>2007-07-14</date>
+<version>1.6</version>
+<date>2007-11-1</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Upgrade guide</title>
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 This guide is written to help you through the process of upgrading from older
 Linux-PAM versions to the new versions based on 0.99 series. With 0.99, Gentoo
 does not use RedHat/Fedora patches anymore, and thus some features previously
-supported are no more available (on the other hand, even RedHat stopped
+supported are no longer available (on the other hand, even RedHat stopped
 supporting and providing some of these features).
 </p>
 
@@ -129,8 +129,8 @@
 </p>
 
 <p>
-The <b>pam_chroot</b> USE flag is no more present, as the module (previously
-coming from RedHat patches) is no more built in <c>sys-libs/pam</c>, and has
+The <b>pam_chroot</b> USE flag is no longer present, as the module (previously
+coming from RedHat patches) is no longer built in <c>sys-libs/pam</c>, and has
 been moved in <c>sys-auth/pam_chroot</c>.
 </p>
 



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[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam: upgrade-0.99.xml

[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    07/11/22 21:24:40

  Modified:             upgrade-0.99.xml
  Log:
  Update the information about pam_console, as it's now masked for
  removal and thus no more available for users to install separately.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.11                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.11&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.11&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?r1=1.10&r2=1.11

Index: upgrade-0.99.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.10
retrieving revision 1.11
diff -u -r1.10 -r1.11
--- upgrade-0.99.xml	1 Nov 2007 13:51:22 -0000	1.10
+++ upgrade-0.99.xml	22 Nov 2007 21:24:40 -0000	1.11
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.10 2007/11/01 13:51:22 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.11 2007/11/22 21:24:40 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml" lang="en">
 <title>Linux-PAM 0.99 upgrade guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.6</version>
-<date>2007-11-1</date>
+<version>1.7</version>
+<date>2007-11-22</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Upgrade guide</title>
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
 Additionally, the <b>berkdb</b> USE flag, used to build the <c>pam_userdb</c>
 module was removed; in its stead you will have to manually merge the
 <c>sys-auth/pam_userdb</c> package that provides the module with the same name.
-The same goes for <b>pam_console</b>, although this one is also deprecated; see its
-own section for more details.
+Also the <b>pam_console</b> USE flag was removed, and the module is no longer
+available, please see this in its own section.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -157,23 +157,25 @@
 <p>
 The <c>pam_console</c> module was designed by RedHat to allow setting different
 permissions on devices for users logging in via hardware access (either in X
-through the various graphical login applications, or through the console login).
-This approach caused more than a few problems in the past with users unable to
-get their devices working, and was then disabled by default, linked to a
-<b>pam_console</b> USE flag for those needing it.
+through the various graphical login applications, or through the console
+login).This approach caused more than a few problems in the past with users
+unable to get their devices working, and was then disabled by default, linked to
+a <b>pam_console</b> USE flag for those needing it.
 </p>
 
 <p>
 As of version 0.99 of Linux-PAM the whole RedHat patchset was dropped.
-<c>pam_console</c> is no longer shipped with the main package; for the people
-needing it, it's available in <c>sys-auth/pam_console</c>, although the need for
-this is being reduced gradually, as HAL switched to a
-<c>pam_consolekit</c>-based approach (in <c>sys-auth/consolekit</c>).
+<c>pam_console</c> is no longer shipped with this package. Although for a while
+available as <c>sys-auth/pam_console</c> for those needing it, a <uri
+link="http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199193">security bug</uri> forced
+the masking and removal of this package.
 </p>
 
 <p>
-Nothing more than using <c>sys-auth/pam_console</c> is required for users
-needing this module.
+The need for <c>pam_console</c> is being mitigated by HAL switching to
+ConsoleKit as alternative. Those still needing a behaviour similar to
+pam_console's are invited to update their code so that ConsoleKit can be used
+instead, or use a <b>plugdev</b> group together with <c>pam_group</c> module.
 </p>
 
 </body>



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[gentoo-commits] gentoo commit in xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam: upgrade-0.99.xml

[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    08/02/24 20:28:05

  Modified:             upgrade-0.99.xml
  Log:
  Update the PAM guide, try to be more explicit on which changes need to
  be applied to what.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.12                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.12&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.12&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?r1=1.11&r2=1.12

Index: upgrade-0.99.xml
===================================================================
RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- upgrade-0.99.xml	22 Nov 2007 21:24:40 -0000	1.11
+++ upgrade-0.99.xml	24 Feb 2008 20:28:05 -0000	1.12
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.11 2007/11/22 21:24:40 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.12 2008/02/24 20:28:05 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml" lang="en">
 <title>Linux-PAM 0.99 upgrade guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.7</version>
-<date>2007-11-22</date>
+<version>1.2</version>
+<date>2008-02-24</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Upgrade guide</title>
@@ -79,10 +79,21 @@
 </impo>
 
 <p>
-All the changes described have to be applied to each file in the
-<path>/etc/pam.d/</path> directory (the PAM configuration files). Please make
-sure you remove eventual backup files (<path>*~</path>) before trying to update
-<c>sys-libs/pam</c>, or the emerge process will fail as a safety measure.
+What users have to do for most of the cases is either to install a new package
+(because the module was migrated out of the main <c>sys-libs/pam</c> ebuild), or
+to change the configuration so that it does not use the modules that were
+dropped. If you made changes to the PAM service configuration files, you should
+be able to handle all the changes. For those who never changed a configuration
+file, there is only one change that needs to be done, documented in the <uri
+link="#pam_stack">pam_stack and the include directive</uri> section.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+The changes need to be applied to each and every file in the 
+<path>/etc/pam.d/</path> directory (the PAM services configuration
+files). Please make sure you remove eventual backup files (<path>*~</path>)
+before trying to update <c>sys-libs/pam</c>, or the emerge process will fail as
+a safety measure.
 </p>
 
 <p>
@@ -96,6 +107,15 @@
 <c>app-portage/portage-utils</c>.
 </p>
 
+<impo>
+The safety check will also check the comment lines, which means that you also
+need to remove the comments that refers to the removed modules. This is meant as
+an extra safety so that users don't uncomment lines that will disallow them from
+logging in on their system. If you want to keep the comment in there as
+documentation, you're invited to split up the modules' names (for instance in
+<path>pam _stack.so</path>).
+</impo>
+
 <pre caption="using qfile -o to check for orphan files">
 # <i>qfile -o /etc/pam.d/*</i>
 /etc/pam.d/sshd
@@ -213,7 +233,7 @@
 
 </body>
 </section>
-<section>
+<section id="pam_stack">
 <title>pam_stack and the include directive</title>
 <body>
 



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[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    08/02/24 22:16:23

  Modified:             upgrade-0.99.xml
  Log:
  1.2 was a mistype, 1.8 is the correct version.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.13                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.13&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.13&content-type=text/plain
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Index: upgrade-0.99.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.12
retrieving revision 1.13
diff -u -r1.12 -r1.13
--- upgrade-0.99.xml	24 Feb 2008 20:28:05 -0000	1.12
+++ upgrade-0.99.xml	24 Feb 2008 22:16:22 -0000	1.13
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.12 2008/02/24 20:28:05 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.13 2008/02/24 22:16:22 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml" lang="en">
 <title>Linux-PAM 0.99 upgrade guide</title>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.2</version>
+<version>1.8</version>
 <date>2008-02-24</date>
 
 <chapter>



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[Diego Petteno (flameeyes)]

flameeyes    08/07/02 17:50:19

  Modified:             upgrade-0.99.xml
  Log:
  Add some notes about pam_radius that has been added to the tree.

Revision  Changes    Path
1.14                 xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml

file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.14&view=markup
plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?rev=1.14&content-type=text/plain
diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml?r1=1.13&r2=1.14

Index: upgrade-0.99.xml
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v
retrieving revision 1.13
retrieving revision 1.14
diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14
--- upgrade-0.99.xml	24 Feb 2008 22:16:22 -0000	1.13
+++ upgrade-0.99.xml	2 Jul 2008 17:50:18 -0000	1.14
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE guide SYSTEM "/dtd/guide.dtd">
-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.13 2008/02/24 22:16:22 flameeyes Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml,v 1.14 2008/07/02 17:50:18 flameeyes Exp $ -->
 
 <guide link="/proj/en/base/pam/upgrade-0.99.xml" lang="en">
 <title>Linux-PAM 0.99 upgrade guide</title>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
 <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 -->
 <license/>
 
-<version>1.8</version>
-<date>2008-02-24</date>
+<version>1.9</version>
+<date>2008-07-02</date>
 
 <chapter>
 <title>Upgrade guide</title>
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 As we said, the main change between 0.78 and 0.99 is that the RedHat patches
 aren't applied anymore, but this does not explain what really changed for users.
 To a minimum, the following modules are not available anymore: <c>pam_stack</c>,
-<c>pam_pwdb</c> &amp; <c>pam_radius</c> (ex-<b>pwdb</b> USE flag), and
+<c>pam_pwdb</c> (ex-<b>pwdb</b> USE flag), and
 <c>pam_timestamp</c>.
 </p>
 
@@ -231,6 +231,13 @@
 you.
 </p>
 
+<p>
+The <c>pam_radius</c> module has also been moved to its own package,
+as <c>sys-auth/pam_radius</c>, although nothing is noted at the time
+of writing with respect to the compatibility with the previous version
+as provided by Linux-PAM 0.78.
+</p>
+
 </body>
 </section>
 <section id="pam_stack">



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