From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BFE8D1382C5 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2020 02:19:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BD050E0930; Sun, 20 Dec 2020 02:19:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from covici.com (debian-2.covici.com [166.84.7.93]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 733BFE0924 for ; Sun, 20 Dec 2020 02:19:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ccs.covici.com (ccs.covici.com [70.109.53.110]) (authenticated bits=0) by covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Debian-14~deb10u1) with ESMTPSA id 0BK2JYrT018404 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:19:36 -0500 Received: from ccs.covici.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTPS id 0BK2JX4O2920146 (version=TLSv1.3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:19:33 -0500 Received: (from covici@localhost) by ccs.covici.com (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id 0BK2JX8S2920145; Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:19:33 -0500 Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 21:19:33 -0500 Message-ID: From: John Covici To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [SOLVED] How do I remove pam during/after an install. In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/26 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Organization: Covici Computer Systems Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 (generated by SEMI-EPG 1.14.7 - "Harue") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Archives-Salt: e3afb8ef-3402-4172-9e2d-5af3ddb6f850 X-Archives-Hash: fed713ceb3d799c8ff607c88b62a27c6 On Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:52:48 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > > Apologies for wasting peoples' time. I was also inserting a rather > large USE variable whilst removing pam. This was a shock for the system > and the real reason for system breakage.. Removing pam had nothing to > do with it. See > http://wikigentoo.ksiezyc.pl/HOWTO_Remove_PAM.htm for pam-removal > nstructions. It's somewhat outdated but the basic instructions are OK. > > ====================================================================== > Note: Don't do anything else while removing PAM. Do not log out of > existing console sessions > > First, edit make.conf and add -pam to the USE flags. Then: > > # emerge -C pam pam-login && emerge -N shadow > # emerge -uDN world > > That's it! Your system is now PAM free. > ====================================================================== OK, pardon my ignorance, what is wrong with pam? Aside from the fact that when you change versions you have to reboot or restart just about everything. -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici wb2una covici@ccs.covici.com