HEADS UP (16.0 pkgbase): new package for PAM
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Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:49:49 UTC
if you don't use pkgbase, you can ignore this mail. hello, i am about to commit a change to main (16.0) which adds a new package for OpenPAM. there are two notable packages in this change: * FreeBSD-pam-lib contains libpam, which is used by applications that want to authenticate users (e.g. login(1) or sshd(8)), and will be installed automatically via shlib deps in most cases. * FreeBSD-pam contains the PAM modules (e.g., pam_unix.so), which are required for PAM user authentication to work; this package will *not* be installed via shlib deps. FreeBSD-pam will be automatically installed if the minimal(-jail) set is installed, or if the optional or base sets are installed, since those depend on minimal. if you don't have any of those sets installed, and you need user authentication, you MUST install the FreeBSD-pam package when updating past this change or you will no longer be able to log in. (if you don't have set-minimal(-jail) installed, i recommend installing it since essential system components will always be part of the minimal set, but this isn't a requirement if you prefer to install new packages manually.) this change will not be MFC'd to stable/15.