Hello, some of you might have noticed that I've uploaded a 2.2-test1 iso image[1]. This and the future releases of (my) CRUX64 Linux differ from the main CRUX distribution in some points. +-----------------+ | glibc(/glibc32) | +-----------------+ AMD64 optimizations Support for linuxthreads AND Native POSIX Threads (ntpl) The NTPL libs are separated in lib64/tls and lib32/tls. Programs will use NTPL by default. +---------------------+ | introduction of PAM | +---------------------+ Because it's hard and (very) time-consuming to configure PAM I decided to deliver CRUX64 with pre-configured PAM. I liked SuSE's system best so I packaged most of their pam-modules. o linux-pam (latest kernel.org PAM-release) o pam_unix2 (instead of pam_unix) o pam_pwcheck (password strength checking) o pam_homecheck (checks various files/permissions in ~/) +--------------------------------+ | replacing shadow with pwdutils | +--------------------------------+ As I said, I really like SuSE's system. The useradd(8) program is able to create users in an LDAP directory. passwd(1) (in conjunction with pam_unix2) is able to change passwords in local files, NIS and LDAP. The password hash algorithm can be chosen in /etc/default/passwd (instead of login.defs or /etc/pam.d/*). +------------+ | /bin/login | +------------+ pwdutils does not contain a login program. It's a separated package called: o pam_login +-----------------------+ | openldap & cyrus-sasl | +-----------------------+ Since pwdutils depends on libldap-2.3.so (openldap) openldap & cyrus-sasl are now core ports. o I haven't tested all new functions yet; especially the LDAP stuff :-( o I call (my) version of CRUX64 "highly" experimental. The install CD uses Johannes Winkelmann's 'setup-helper' script to inject the missing packages during an upgrade. However, I've only tested an update from crux 2.1.1 to crux 2.2 which went fine so far. --------snip---------- remove_packages o shadow (conflicts with pwdutils and coreutils) inject_packages o cyrus-sasl o openldap o linux-pam o pam_unix2 o pam_pwcheck o pam_homecheck o pam_login o pwdutils rename_packages o "pkgconfig:pkg-config" --------snap------------ If you decide to install my version please keep in mind that I'm doing this completely in my free time. I give no warranty[2]. At the moment it seems that I'm the only one working on CRUX64 - don't expect me to update all ports "in-time". bye, danm [1] http://crux.danm.de/files/iso/2.2-64bit/ [2] http://crux.nu/Main/Handbook2-2#ntoc8 -- Daniel Mueller Berlin, Germany OpenPGP: 1024D/E4F4383A