sys-libs/pam-1.4.0 upgrade

Posted: 2020-06-23 by Mikle Kolyada | Revision: 1
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Starting with the 1.4.0 release [1], we don't offer these modules anymore:

  • pam_tally and pam_tally2 have been deprecated and replaced by the pam_faillock module
  • pam_cracklib has been deprecated and replaced by the pam_passwdqc module


These changes affected our basic PAM stack configuration.

You only need to take action if:
  • you made manual changes to the PAM stack, or
  • you use FEATURES="-config-protect-if-modified" option


If this applies to you, please make sure to either run the etc-update or dispatch-conf command in order to sync your configuration.

Failure to do this may result in your system becoming inaccessible.

[1] - https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/tag/v1.4.0