problem with shadow (or with PAM)

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

havner wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 05:39:14PM +0100, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > havner wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 04:55:18PM +0100, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > > > maHo wrote:
> > > > > 
> > > > > I'm using shadow-4.0.6-0.1 and pam-0.78.1-3
> > > > > 
> > > > > #v+
> > > > > root]# userdel postgres
> > > > > userdel: bĹ‚Ä
d podczas uwierzytelniania przez PAM
> > > > > #v-
> > > > > 
> > > > > after downgrading shadow to 4.0.4.1-3 everything is ok. 
> > > > 
> > > > Blame upgrador.
> > > > AFAIK I warned that some pam.d/* files are missing.
> > > > Expect similar behaviour with groupmod/usermod.
> > > > 
> > > > In pam 4.0.6 each program needs its own pam.d file.
> > > 
> > > no default fallback?
> > 
> > AFAIR no. File is required.
> 
> That's what i'm talking about. Always was required. As it is now. So
> what changed?

Up to 4.0.4.1 /etc/pam.d/useradd was enough.
Starting from 4.0.5 usermod/userdel/groupmod/groupdel do not use this file,
requiring separate ones. Examples are added in shadow sources in 4.0.6.

That is what has changed.

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