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| author | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2013-01-26 13:16:20 -0600 |
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| committer | Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@pearsoncomputing.net> | 2013-01-26 13:16:20 -0600 |
| commit | dc6b76cac424bdf8b3cffb4ae82f3954d8acdba5 (patch) | |
| tree | 4ebcd3dac0133d8d3fa880bbf83692c305b7350d /README.pam | |
| parent | 1a9478c6e1b77b05814af8fa02cd563a5da8946b (diff) | |
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Rename a number of libraries and executables to avoid conflicts with KDE4
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diff --git a/README.pam b/README.pam index c7db9908a..38831e0cf 100644 --- a/README.pam +++ b/README.pam @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ KDE can be configured to support the PAM ("Pluggable Authentication Modules") system for password checking by the display manager tdm and -by the screen saver kscreensaver (for unlocking the display). +by the screen saver tdescreensaver (for unlocking the display). PAM is a flexible application-transparent configurable user-authentication system found on FreeBSD, Solaris, and Linux (and maybe other unixes). @@ -27,26 +27,26 @@ By default, PAM is automatically used, if it is found. Use If PAM is found, KDE usually uses the PAM service "kde". You may override it for all KDE programs by using --with-pam=<service> and/or individually by using --with-<prog>-pam=<service>, where <prog> is -one of tdm, kcp and kss (for tdm, kcheckpass and kscreensaver). +one of tdm, kcp and kss (for tdm, kcheckpass and tdescreensaver). "make install" will attempt to create suitable service definitions; either by putting files into /etc/pam.d/ or by adding text to /etc/pam.conf. The services are just copies of the "login" service. You may want to edit these definitions to meet your needs. There are also two example service definitions in this directory - -kde.pamd and kscreensaver.pamd - but don't just copy them! +kde.pamd and tdescreensaver.pamd - but don't just copy them! If the services are misconfigured, you will NOT be able to login via TDM and/or unlock a locked screen! If there is ever any doubt about which PAM service a program was compiled with, it can be determined by examining the PAM-generated -entries in the system log associated with tdm logins or kscreensaver +entries in the system log associated with tdm logins or tdescreensaver authentication failures. PAM configuration files have four types of entries for each service: -type used by tdm used by kscreensaver +type used by tdm used by tdescreensaver ---- ----------- -------------------- auth x x account x |