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Diffstat (limited to 'tasks-reference/pam/text.xml')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/tasks-reference/pam/text.xml b/tasks-reference/pam/text.xml index 3094b20..2cc794c 100644 --- a/tasks-reference/pam/text.xml +++ b/tasks-reference/pam/text.xml @@ -80,15 +80,15 @@ The statement is composed of 3 or 4 tokens: methods. Some documentation states that we need to specify the full path of the module, but this creates problems because not all the systems install the modules in the same place: Linux-PAM on Gentoo is generally set up to load - them from <c>/lib/security</c>, but for example on AMD64 this become + them from <c>/lib/security</c>, but for example on AMD64 this becomes <c>/lib64/security</c>. The result is that providing the full path will lead to non-working <c>pamd</c> - files, and the right way to handle this is just states the module name <d /> the + files, and the right way to handle this is to just state the module name <d /> the PAM implementation will take care of finding the module. </li> <li> - The last token, which can consist of multiple items, describe the parameters - passed to the module. These are module-dependent. + The last token, which can consist of multiple items, describes the + parameters passed to the module. These are module-dependent. </li> </ul> <ul> @@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ source for some services, such as mail and ftp servers. <p> But for desktop systems, all the different services, such as mail servers, ftp -servers, ssh and so on, just need to authenticate in the same way the users logs +servers, ssh and so on, just need to authenticate in the same way the users log in to the system. </p> @@ -175,13 +175,13 @@ for <c>pamd</c> files (<c>dopamd</c> and <c>newpamd</c>, whose usage is the same similar <c>do*</c> and <c>new*</c> functions) and the <c>/etc/security</c> files (<c>dopamsecurity</c> and <c>newpamsecurity</c>, which need the first argument to be the subdirectory of <c>/etc/security</c> in which the files are to be installed). -Those groups of functions already takes care of verifying whether the <c>pam</c> +Those groups of functions already take care of verifying whether the <c>pam</c> USE flag is made optional for the package <d /> if this is the case, and the flag is disabled, the <c>pamd</c> files are just skipped. </p> <p> -Many <c>pamd</c> files just uses one or more auth types from <c>system-auth</c> login class, +Many <c>pamd</c> files just use one or more auth types from <c>system-auth</c> login class, which is the base one which provides login facilities for most services on common desktop systems. Instead of adding a <c>pamd</c> file in <c>${FILESDIR}</c> for this, one can use the <c>pamd_mimic_system</c> function. This function takes a series @@ -230,8 +230,8 @@ correct directory to use for the current implementation/arch. <p> When the PAM module doesn't provide a way to install the package by itself, such as a <c>Makefile</c> or an installation script, there are also the <c>dopammod</c> and -<c>newpammod</c> functions which takes care of install the module in the right -directory. +<c>newpammod</c> functions, which take care of installing the module in the +right directory. </p> </body> |