From: cestpasjihef@free.fr   
      
   Nikos Chantziaras wrote:   
   >   
   > Use dispatch-conf instead of etc-update.  It shows what the differences   
   > are and offers to merge them or simply use the new ones.   
      
   here are the answers :   
   ***********************   
    # /etc/conf.d/hostname   
      
    # Set to the hostname of this machine   
   -HOSTNAME="jef"   
   +HOSTNAME="localhost"   
      
   >> (1 of 5) -- /etc/conf.d/hostname   
   >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new   
      m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:   
   ************************* the following is one that scares me ;)   
   --- /etc/pam.d/login    2007-04-20 00:54:26.000000000 +0000   
   +++ /etc/pam.d/._cfg0000_login  2008-04-04 19:54:23.000000000 +0000   
   @@ -1,24 +1,21 @@   
    #%PAM-1.0   
      
    auth       required    pam_securetty.so   
   -auth       include     system-auth   
   -auth       required    pam_tally.so file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed   
   no_magic_root   
   +auth       required    pam_tally.so file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed   
    auth       required    pam_shells.so   
    auth       required    pam_nologin.so   
   +auth       include     system-auth   
      
    account    required    pam_access.so   
    account    include     system-auth   
   -account    required    pam_tally.so deny=0 file=/var/log/faillog   
   onerr=succeed no_magic_root   
   +account    required    pam_tally.so file=/var/log/faillog onerr=succeed   
      
    password   include     system-auth   
      
   -session    include     system-auth   
    session    required    pam_env.so   
    session    optional    pam_lastlog.so   
    session    optional    pam_motd.so motd=/etc/motd   
    session    optional    pam_mail.so   
   ************************************ this one too   
   --- /etc/pam.d/sshd     2007-04-20 00:54:30.000000000 +0000   
   +++ /etc/pam.d/._cfg0000_sshd   2008-04-04 20:21:05.000000000 +0000   
   @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@   
    #%PAM-1.0   
      
   -auth       include     system-auth   
    auth       required     pam_shells.so   
    auth      required     pam_nologin.so   
   +auth       include     system-auth   
    account    include     system-auth   
    password   include     system-auth   
    session           include      system-auth   
      
   >> (3 of 5) -- /etc/pam.d/sshd   
   >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new   
      m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:   
   ****************** and this ;)   
   --- /etc/pam.d/system-auth      2007-04-20 00:54:20.000000000 +0000   
   +++ /etc/pam.d/._cfg0000_system-auth    2008-04-04 19:32:52.000000000 +0000   
   @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@   
    #%PAM-1.0   
      
    auth       required    pam_env.so   
   -auth       sufficient  pam_unix.so likeauth nullok   
   +auth       sufficient  pam_unix.so try_first_pass likeauth nullok   
    auth       required    pam_deny.so   
      
    account    required    pam_unix.so   
      
   -password   required    pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2   
   retry=3   
   -password   sufficient  pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow use_authtok   
   +password   required    pam_cracklib.so difok=2 minlen=8 dcredit=2 ocredit=2   
   try_first_pass retry=3   
   +password   sufficient  pam_unix.so try_first_pass use_authtok nullok md5   
   shadow   
    password   required    pam_deny.so   
      
    session    required    pam_limits.so   
      
   >> (4 of 5) -- /etc/pam.d/system-auth   
   >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new   
      m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:   
   *********** and the last one   
   --- /etc/securetty      2008-03-29 20:24:23.000000000 +0000   
   +++ /etc/._cfg0000_securetty    2008-04-04 19:54:09.000000000 +0000   
   @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@   
    # /etc/securetty: list of terminals on which root is allowed to login.   
    # See securetty(5) and login(1).   
   +console   
   +   
    vc/0   
    vc/1   
    vc/2   
   @@ -29,4 +31,3 @@   
      
    tts/0   
    ttyS0   
   -tts/0   
      
   >> (5 of 5) -- /etc/securetty   
   >> q quit, h help, n next, e edit-new, z zap-new, u use-new   
      m merge, t toggle-merge, l look-merge:   
      
   **********************   
   thanks again   
   jf   
   -# If you want to enable pam_console, uncomment the following line   
   -# and read carefully README.pam_console in /usr/share/doc/pam*   
   -#session    optional   pam_console.so   
   +session    include     system-auth   
      
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