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Autor: Riccardo Boninsegna
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A: dng@lists.dyne.org
Assumpte: Re: [DNG] libpam-systemd
On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> wrote:
> Is libpam-systemd needed by devuan? Because that's the only package
> I have installed that would be broken by removing systemd itself.
>
> Since it appears to have something do do with authentication, I'm
> concerned that I may not be able to log in after I've removed it to undo
> damage.


You're correct that PAM is used (by default) for user login and stuff;
but the package you're mentioning is effectively an "output plugin"
for PAM, used by logind to check if users are logged in (consolekit
has its equivalent)!