Re: [CentOS] system-auth.rpmnew

On Sun, 2008-06-29 at 14:57 +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote:

The upgrade to 5.2 creates /etc/pam.d/system-auth.rpmnew. I see that /etc/pam.d/system-auth actually is a symlink to system-auth-ac. Is it recommended to replace that symlink with the rpmnew file?

IMO, it's never OK w/o first examining the effects. The rpmnew is provided specifically because replacing the previous one may be highly destructive to the aims of that system's users/admins.

I've not looked, but I suspect the rpmnew needs to be compared to the target of the symlink. I just finished watching some threads where some add on packages provided symlinks inside other package directories in order to provide the support needed with minimal disruption to the original package.

Kai

HTH