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diff --git a/doc/man/pam.conf-desc.xml b/doc/man/pam.conf-desc.xml index 5dca89fe..60c2d71d 100644 --- a/doc/man/pam.conf-desc.xml +++ b/doc/man/pam.conf-desc.xml @@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ is started, it activates its attachment to the PAM-API. This activation performs a number of tasks, the most important being the reading of the configuration file(s): <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>. - Alternatively, this may be the contents of the - <filename>/etc/pam.d/</filename> directory. The presence of this - directory will cause Linux-PAM to ignore - <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>. + Alternatively and preferably, the configuration can be set by individual + configuration files located in a <filename>pam.d</filename> directory. + The presence of this directory will cause + <emphasis remap="B">Linux-PAM</emphasis> to + <emphasis remap="I">ignore</emphasis> <filename>/etc/pam.conf</filename>. </para> <para> These files list the <emphasis>PAM</emphasis>s that will do the @@ -15,4 +16,4 @@ behavior of the PAM-API in the event that individual <emphasis>PAM</emphasis>s fail. </para> -</section>
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