Re: BUG #1970: Existing /etc/pam.d/postgresql clobbered by RPM

Mark Gibson wrote:
>
> The following bug has been logged online:
>
> Bug reference: 1970
> Logged by: Mark Gibson
> Email address: gibsonm(at)cromwell(dot)co(dot)uk
> PostgreSQL version: 8.0.4
> Operating system: Redhat Enterprise Linux 4
> Description: Existing /etc/pam.d/postgresql clobbered by RPM install
> Details:
>
> Hello, I noticed that when installing the 8.0.4 RPM's
> it replaced our existing /etc/pam.d/postgresql - this caused our system to
> break temporarily, as it was missing the following line:
>
> account required pam_stack.so service=system-auth
>
> I don't know whether this is required for all systems or is just a
> peculiarity of our setup, but could the RPM be changed to not clobber this
> file in the future. I believe some RPM's install conflicting configs with
> the .rpmnew extension. Cheers.

Please report this to the RPM maintainer. We do not create the RPMs.

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