ports/168841: x11/slim fails to authorize (through kereros) if built without pam support

Doug Barton dougb at FreeBSD.org
Sat Jun 23 01:30:19 UTC 2012


The following reply was made to PR ports/168841; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org>
To: Henry Hu <henry.hu.sh at gmail.com>
Cc: bug-followup at freebsd.org, c.kworr at gmail.com, 
 Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ports/168841: x11/slim fails to authorize (through kereros) if
 built without pam support
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 18:25:51 -0700

 On 06/20/2012 23:51, Henry Hu wrote:
 > This patch enables PAM in slim.
 
 Given that we have a lot of users who don't like PAM, I'd much rather
 see this be optional. See for example x11/xscreensaver.
 
 > Details:
 > * add -DUSE_PAM=yes to cmake args
 > * install pam config file for "slim".
 > * patch app.cpp to allow rebooting without login
 
 The patch seems to do more than that?
 
 > * modify rc.d script to start after hal. For new X server, this should
 > be required to be able to input.
 
 Seems fine.
 
 > Most of it comes from
 > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=152236, with some changes.
 > Thanks to Gleb Kurtsou <gleb.kurtsou at gmail.com>.
 > 
 > I've tested the patch, and I am able to log in. I'm not sure about
 > kereros. Please test it.
 
 Personally I have no way to test kerberos.
 
 Doug
 
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