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 :
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# /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