INSTALL for pam_pwdfile PAM module - Charl P. Botha $Id: INSTALL,v 1.3 2001-04-17 21:16:12 cpbotha Exp $ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This file is the quick and dirty on how to get pam_pwdfile compiled on your system. As per usual, I can not be held responsible for the results of the application of this information. 1. Get the Linux PAM source code tarball. Currently, this is at: http://www.us.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/pre/library/Linux-PAM-0.75.tar.bz2 2. Extract the tarball somewhere convenient: bunzip2 -c Linux-PAM-0.75.tar.bz2 | tar -xvf - 3. Prepare pam_pwdfile cd Linux-PAM-0.75/modules tar -xzvf /where/you/put/it/pam_pwdfile-x.y.tar.gz cd .. (x.y represents the pam_pwdfile version, e.g. 0.7) 4. Prepare Linux-PAM rm default.defs ln -s defs/whatever.defs default.defs (on my system whatever == debian) 5. in Linux-PAM-0.72/ do: make all NOTE: if you only need pam_pwdfile and some of the other modules are causing you problems during compilation, go and delete them (i.e. delete the whole module dir, e.g. rm -rf modules/pam_pwdb) and then restart make all in the top level directory. 6. When you're done, there should be a pam_pwdfile.so in modules/pam_pwdfile; copy this into your pam modules directory. (this is /lib/security/ on my debian 2.2. system) 7. You should now be operational. See the README for more info. Remember that pam_pwdfile is packaged as a .deb and is part of the official Debian distribution.