Hello,
I have recently upgraded from openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64) to openSUSE Leap 15.1 (x86_64) following the instructions from the https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Offline_upgrade Wiki page. Using rpmcheckconfig I was able to merge the changes for most of the affected configuration files (mainly since I was able to find documentation online referring to the settings added or deleted from the configuration files providing reasoning as to why that happened) but I need help with four configuration files relating to PAM, NSS and SDDM:
In /etc/nsswitch.conf the row “shadow: compat” was added and the source “mdns_minimal [NOTFOUND=return]” was removed from the “hosts” database entry. The latter seems expected since the manpage does not list the mdns_minimal source anymore, but what about the compatibility setting for the “shadow” database? I also noticed that the source “nis” was removed from the “negroup” and “automount” databases. Is this to be expected?
In /etc/pam.d/common-account the line “account required pam_localuser.so” was added. This seems to be OK, as its only effect should be that it mandates that the user to be authorized is present in the /etc/passwd file, correct? (At least for as long as I don’t witness any authentication related problems…)
In /etc/pam.d/common-password the “shadow” option was removed from the “password required pam_unix.so” entry. This seems unexpected, since most guides seem to suggest that this option should be set. Have I missed something? Does this somehow relate to the addition of “shadow: compat” in nsswitch.conf?
In /etc/sddm.conf the keys (and corresponding values) Current and CursorTheme in section [Theme] and “ServerPath”, “SessionCommand”, “DisplayCommand”, “MinimumVT” in section [XDisplay] were removed. I am assuming that I can do without those settings as long as no visible artifacts in the GUI rendering are visible?
Thanks in advance for any help!
Kind regards