Author: randy
Date: 2007-09-04 19:00:16 -0600 (Tue, 04 Sep 2007)
New Revision: 7099
Modified:
trunk/BOOK/general.ent
trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml
Log:
Modified the Linux-PAM instructions to install the libraries into /lib and then
use the 'readlink' command to create the symlinks so that the instructions are
not version specific.
Modified: trunk/BOOK/general.ent
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-09-04 12:50:55 UTC (rev 7098)
+++ trunk/BOOK/general.ent 2007-09-05 01:00:16 UTC (rev 7099)
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
$Date$
-->
-<!ENTITY day "04"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day "05"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY month "09"> <!-- Always 2 digits -->
<!ENTITY year "2007">
<!ENTITY version "svn-&year;&month;&day;">
Modified: trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-09-04 12:50:55 UTC
(rev 7098)
+++ trunk/BOOK/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml 2007-09-05 01:00:16 UTC
(rev 7099)
@@ -42,6 +42,18 @@
-->
<listitem>
+ <para>September 5, 2007</para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>[randy] - Modified the Linux-PAM instructions to install
+ the libraries into /lib and then use the 'readlink' command to
+ create the symlinks so that the instructions are not version
+ specific.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
<para>September 4, 2007</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
Modified: trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml
===================================================================
--- trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml 2007-09-04 12:50:55 UTC (rev
7098)
+++ trunk/BOOK/postlfs/security/linux-pam.xml 2007-09-05 01:00:16 UTC (rev
7099)
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
<para>Install <application>Linux-PAM</application> by
running the following commands:</para>
-<screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/usr/lib \
+<screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/lib \
--sbindir=/lib/security \
--enable-securedir=/lib/security \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/Linux-PAM-&linux-pam-version; \
@@ -123,12 +123,17 @@
<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
chmod -v 4755 /lib/security/unix_chkpwd &&
+
mv -v /lib/security/pam_tally /sbin &&
-mv -v /usr/lib/libpam*.so.0* /lib &&
-ln -v -sf ../../lib/libpam.so.0.81.6 /usr/lib/libpam.so &&
-ln -v -sf ../../lib/libpamc.so.0.81.0 /usr/lib/libpamc.so &&
-ln -v -sf ../../lib/libpam_misc.so.0.81.2
/usr/lib/libpam_misc.so</userinput></screen>
+mv -v /lib/libpam{,c,_misc}.la /usr/lib &&
+sed -i 's| /lib| /usr/lib|' /usr/lib/libpam_misc.la &&
+
+for LINK in libpam{,c,_misc}.so; do
+ ln -v -sf ../../lib/$(readlink /lib/${LINK}) /usr/lib/${LINK} &&
+ rm -v /lib/${LINK}
+done</userinput></screen>
+
<!-- <para>If you downloaded the documentation, install it using the
following
command:</para>
@@ -142,14 +147,15 @@
<sect2 role="commands">
<title>Command Explanations</title>
- <para><parameter>--libdir=/usr/lib</parameter>: This parameter results in
+ <para><parameter>--libdir=/lib</parameter>: This parameter results in
the libraries being installed in
- <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib</filename>.</para>
+ <filename class='directory'>/lib</filename> as they may be required in
+ single-user mode.</para>
<para><parameter>--sbindir=/lib/security</parameter>: This parameter
- results in two executables, one which is not intended to be run from the
+ results in two executables, one of which is not intended to be run from the
command line, being installed in the same directory as the PAM modules.
- One of the executables is later moved to the
+ The other executable is later moved to the
<filename class='directory'>/sbin</filename> directory.</para>
<para><parameter>--enable-securedir=/lib/security</parameter>: This
@@ -173,14 +179,22 @@
administrator, possibly in single-user mode, so it is moved to the
appropriate directory.</para>
- <para><command>mv -v /usr/lib/libpam*.so.0* /lib</command>: This command
- moves the dynamic libraries to <filename class='directory'>/lib</filename>
- as they may be required in single user mode.</para>
+ <para><command>mv -v /lib/libpam{,c,_misc}.la /usr/lib</command>: This
+ command moves the <application>Libtool</application> library files to
+ <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib</filename> as they are expected to
+ reside there.</para>
- <para><command>ln -v -sf ...</command>: These commands recreate the
- <filename class='symlink'>.so</filename> symlinks as the libraries they
- pointed to were moved to <filename
class='directory'>/lib</filename>.</para>
+ <para><command>sed -i 's| /lib| /usr/lib|'
+ /usr/lib/libpam_misc.la</command>: This command corrects an installation
+ reference due to the file being moved in the previous step.</para>
+ <para><command>for ...; do ...; done</command>: These commands are used
+ to relocate the <filename class='symlink'>.so</filename> files into
+ <filename class='directory'>/usr/lib</filename>. The
+ <command>readlink</command> command is used so that the commands are not
+ specific to the names of the libraries, and will work regardless of the
+ version number extensions of the library names.</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 role="configuration">
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