4 Thanks for downloading Linux-PAM.
8 How to use it is as follows:
10 ./configure --help | less
11 ./configure <your-options>
14 To make sure everything was compiled correct, run:
18 If a test fails, you should not continue to install this build.
19 These tests require a suitable file /etc/pam.d/other; if necessary,
20 create such a file containing, e.g., these five lines (not indented)
23 auth required pam_deny.so
24 account required pam_deny.so
25 password required pam_deny.so
26 session required pam_deny.so
29 Note, if you are worried - don't even think about doing the next line
30 (most Linux distributions already support PAM out of the box, so if
31 something goes wrong with installing the code from this version your
32 box may stop working..)
36 That said, please report problems to the bug reporting database
39 You can run additional checks after installing by executing
45 WARNING: Running "make xtests" can overwrite configuration data
46 or make the system insecure/unfunctional for a short time!
47 Backup all important data before!
50 If you do not wish to make the modules dynamically loadable, but
51 build a static libpam including all PAM modules, you have to call:
53 ./configure --enable-static-modules --disable-pie
55 To run the build checks with static modules, you need to run the
56 following command: make -C test check && make check
59 To regenerate manual pages from the XML source files you need the
60 docbook-xsl stylesheets in version 1.69.1 or newer, older versions had
61 a bug which generates a broken layout.