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Description

There is a problem with the pam package and how other packages with dependencies on pam interact. Shadow-utils is one example of this problem.

When shadow-utils builds it is built with option --with-libpam so pam libraries should be linked, if available. However since pam libraries are not available, due to a problem in install rules, they are just ignored.

This problem does not appear in Wind River Linux 2.0.

When configuring the shadow-utils difference can be seen in the log files:

checking for pam_start in -lpam… no (Wind River Linux 1.5)
checking for pam_start in -lpam… yes (Wind River Linux 2.0)

ls -l pam.so in /host-cross/-wrs-linux-gnu/lib shows soft links i.e.
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 27 2008-09-11 13:29 libpamc.so -> ../../lib/libpamc.so.0.81.0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 31 2008-09-11 13:29 libpam_misc.so -> ../../lib/libpam_misc.so.0.81.2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 user users 26 2008-09-11 13:29 libpam.so -> ../../lib/libpam.so.0.81.3
basically pointing to libs in /host-cross/libs and relevant libs are not present.

Ultimately shadow-utils builds without libpam.

Adding pam-devel to the pam Makefile does not make a difference. IDENTIFIER = WIND00134034

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Product Version

Linux Platforms 1.x

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Downloads

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Installation Notes

Installation Notes

1. Unzip the patch under [install_dir]/updates
   
   2. Install the patch CD by entering the patch CD directory and run setup_linux.
   
   3. This is a source only patch so you will have to rebuild the pam package. Executing the command �make -C build pam.rebuild� can do this.
   
   4. Next issue a �make fs� to rebuild the root file system.
   
   5. Upload the kernel and root file system into the target and boot it up.

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