Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 208549
rpm install changes /etc/pam.d/remote without any message
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:44 EST
Description of problem: Normally when rpm saves an existing file during upgrade it will issue a useful message advising what it has done (eg "saving /etc/pam.d/login /etc/pam.d/login.rpmsave"). But in the case of /etc/pam.d/remote it replaces it silently. So when every suddenly becomes broken one has to spend an hour or so chasing a problem that simply should never have arisen. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): util-linux-2.13-0.20 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. rpm -Fvh util-linux-xxxxx 2. 3. Actual results: /etc/pam.d/login replace with warning message /etc/pam.d/remote replace with NO WARNING MESSAGE Expected results: Whenever a file is replaced/saved during an rpm install there should be a warning. It shouldn't be a feature of script, it should be in rpm itself, and no script should be able to silently replace config files without a warning being emitted. Additional info: rpm should be rewritten, and simplified.
Well, now (2.13-0.45) there is: %config %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/chfn %config %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/chsh %config %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/login %config %{_sysconfdir}/pam.d/remote I don't know how improve this setting in util-linux package. I think it's enough. Closing. (Please, reopen and reassign to the rpm if you think that the problem should be fixed by the rpm tool.)