[Mageia-dev] cauldron core/release udev-173-1.mga2

Sat Aug 27 16:39:55 CEST 2011

'Twas brillig, and Colin Guthrie at 25/08/11 23:47 did gyre and gimble:
+>> > We said that we would support booting without systemd-, so to me, this
+>> > should be taken in account.
+> Yeah but I think using the "optional" word in pam config means that it's
+> quite safe even if systemd is not running, so I don't think this is an
+> issue.
+> 
+> That's why I suggested even just patching pam directly... but modifying
+> the file should also be possible as that what ldap auth configuration
+> does anyway, so it's no great shakes.
+
+OK, executive decision for now:
+
+I've just added the line:
+
+-session    optional      pam_systemd.so
+
+to /etc/pam.d/system-auth in the pam package.
+
+
+This change is quite safe:
+ 1. The leading - on the line means that if pam_systemd.so does not
+exist, it will be ignored.
+ 2. pamd_systemd.so itself is clever and if systemd is not running, it
+is a noop.
+
+So for all scenarios, this change is safe.
+
+If we want to do more with e.g. authconfig later, this can be done, but
+it's not strictly speaking needed for now.
+
+Col
+
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