coreutils/coreutils-8.6-update-man-page-for-pam.diff
Philipp Thomas c09ae1bc93 - Update to 8.8. Changes since 8.6:
** Bug fixes
  cp -u no longer does unnecessary copying merely because the source
  has finer-grained time stamps than the destination.
  od now prints floating-point numbers without losing information, and
  it no longer omits spaces between floating-point columns in some cases.
  sort -u with at least two threads could attempt to read through a
  corrupted pointer. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
  sort with at least two threads and with blocked output would busy-loop
  (spinlock) all threads, often using 100% of available CPU cycles to
  do no work.  I.e., "sort < big-file | less" could waste a lot of power.
  [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
  sort with at least two threads no longer segfaults due to use of pointers
  into the stack of an expired thread. [bug introduced in coreutils-8.6]
  sort --compress no longer mishandles subprocesses' exit statuses,
  no longer hangs indefinitely due to a bug in waiting for subprocesses,
  and no longer generates many more than NMERGE subprocesses.
  sort -m -o f f ... f no longer dumps core when file descriptors are limited.
  csplit no longer corrupts heap when writing more than 999 files,
  nor does it leak memory for every chunk of input processed
  [the bugs were present in the initial implementation]
  tail -F once again notices changes in a currently unavailable
  remote directory [bug introduced in coreutils-7.5]
** Changes in behavior
  sort will not create more than 8 threads by default due to diminishing
  performance gains.  Also the --parallel option is no longer restricted
  to the number of available processors.
  cp --attributes-only now completely overrides --reflink.
  Previously a reflink was needlessly attempted.

OBS-URL: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/Base:System/coreutils?expand=0&rev=77
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From 13ed7b537ae655c6d67965f1486aa2e3b181e574 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@suse.de>
Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:59:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/7] update man page for pam
---
doc/coreutils.texi | 34 +++++-----------------------------
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
Index: doc/coreutils.texi
===================================================================
--- doc/coreutils.texi.orig 2011-01-03 13:26:32.123209450 +0100
+++ doc/coreutils.texi 2011-01-03 13:26:32.351216024 +0100
@@ -15265,8 +15265,11 @@ to certain shells, etc.).
@findex syslog
@command{su} can optionally be compiled to use @code{syslog} to report
failed, and optionally successful, @command{su} attempts. (If the system
-supports @code{syslog}.) However, GNU @command{su} does not check if the
-user is a member of the @code{wheel} group; see below.
+supports @code{syslog}.)
+
+This version of @command{su} has support for using PAM for
+authentication. You can edit @file{/etc/pam.d/su} resp @file{/etc/pam.d/su-l}
+to customize its behaviour.
The program accepts the following options. Also see @ref{Common options}.
@@ -15347,33 +15350,6 @@ Exit status:
the exit status of the subshell otherwise
@end display
-@cindex wheel group, not supported
-@cindex group wheel, not supported
-@cindex fascism
-@subsection Why GNU @command{su} does not support the @samp{wheel} group
-
-(This section is by Richard Stallman.)
-
-@cindex Twenex
-@cindex MIT AI lab
-Sometimes a few of the users try to hold total power over all the
-rest. For example, in 1984, a few users at the MIT AI lab decided to
-seize power by changing the operator password on the Twenex system and
-keeping it secret from everyone else. (I was able to thwart this coup
-and give power back to the users by patching the kernel, but I
-wouldn't know how to do that in Unix.)
-
-However, occasionally the rulers do tell someone. Under the usual
-@command{su} mechanism, once someone learns the root password who
-sympathizes with the ordinary users, he or she can tell the rest. The
-``wheel group'' feature would make this impossible, and thus cement the
-power of the rulers.
-
-I'm on the side of the masses, not that of the rulers. If you are
-used to supporting the bosses and sysadmins in whatever they do, you
-might find this idea strange at first.
-
-
@node timeout invocation
@section @command{timeout}: Run a command with a time limit