Linux-PAM NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
Release 1.3.1
* pam_motd: add support for a motd.d directory
* pam_umask: Fix documentation to align with order of loading umask
* pam_get_user.3: Fix missing word in documentation
* pam_tally2 --reset: avoid creating a missing tallylog file
* pam_mkhomedir: Allow creating parent of homedir under /
* access.conf.5: Add note about spaces around ':'
* pam.8: Workaround formatting problem
* pam_unix: Check return value of malloc used for setcred data
* pam_cracklib: Drop unused prompt macros
* pam_tty_audit: Support matching users by uid range
* pam_access: support parsing files in /etc/security/access.d/*.conf
* pam_localuser: Correct documentation
* pam_issue: Fix no prompting in parse escape codes mode
* Unification and cleanup of syslog log levels
Release 1.3.0
* Remove of static modules support
* pam_unix: pass_not_set was removed
* Lot of documentation fixes
* Use TI-RPC function calls if we build against libtirpc
* Add support for new, IPv6 enabled libnsl
* Lot of bug fixes
* Use fedora.zanata.org for translations
Release 1.2.1
* Fix CVE-2015-3238, affected PAM modules are pam_unix and pam_exec
Release 1.2.0
* Update documentation
* Update translations
* pam_unix: add quiet option
* libpam: support alternative configuration files in /usr/lib/pam.d
as fallback
* pam_env: add support for @{HOME} and @{SHELL}
* libpam: add grantor field to audit records
* libpam: Introduce pam_modutil_sanitize_helper_fds
Release 1.1.8
* pam_unix: bug fix for compiling with SELinux, fix crash at login time
Release 1.1.7
* Update translations
* pam_exec: add stdout and type= options
* pam_tty_audit: add options to control logging of passwords
* pam_unix: Read defaults from /etc/login.defs
* pam_userdb: Allow modern password hashes
* pam_selinux/pam_tally2: Add tty and rhost to audit data
* Lot of docu and code fixes
Release 1.1.6
* Update translations
* pam_cracklib: Add more checks for weak passwords
* pam_lastlog: Never lock out root
* Lot of bug fixes and smaller enhancements
Release 1.1.5
* pam_env: Fix CVE-2011-3148 and CVE-2011-3149
* pam_access: Add hostname resolution cache
* Documentation: Improvements/fixes
Release 1.1.4
* Add vietnamese translation
* pam_namepace: Add new functionality
* pam_securetty: Honour console= kernel option, add noconsole option
* pam_limits: Add %group syntax, drop change_uid option, add set_all option
* Lot of small bug fixes
* Lot of compiler warnings fixed
* Add support for libtirpc
Release 1.1.3
* pam_namespace: Clean environment for childs (CVE-2010-3853)
* libpam: New interface to drop/regain privilegs
* Drop root privilegs in pam_env, pam_mail and pam_xauth before
accessing user files (CVE-2010-3430, CVE-2010-3431)
* pam_unix: Add minlen option, change default from 6 to 0
* Documentation improvements
* Lot of small bug fixes
Release 1.1.2
* pam_unix: Add minlen= option
* pam_group: Add support for UNIX groups beside netgroups
* pam_tally: Document that it is deprecated
* pam_rootok: Add support for chauthtok and acct_mgmt
* Update translations
Release 1.1.1
* Update translations
* pam_access: Revert netgroup match to original behavior, add new
syntax for adding the local hostname to netgroup match
* libpam: Add new functions pam_get_authtok_noverify() and
pam_get_authtok_verify()
* Add sepermit.conf.5 manual page
* Lot of bug fixes
Release 1.1.0
* Update translations
* Documentation updates and fixes
Release 1.0.92
* Update translations
* pam_succeed_if: Use provided username
* pam_mkhomedir: Fix handling of options
Release 1.0.91
* Fixed CVE-2009-0579 (minimum days limit on password change is ignored).
* Fix libpam internal config/argument parser
* Add optional file locking to pam_tally2
* Update translations
* pam_access improvements
* Changes in the behavior of the password stack. Results of PRELIM_CHECK
are not used for the final run.
Release 1.0.90
* Supply hostname of the machine to netgroup match call in pam_access
* Make pam_namespace to work safe on child directories of parent directories
owned by users
* Redefine LOCAL keyword of pam_access configuration file
* Add support for try_first_pass and use_first_pass to pam_cracklib
* Print informative messages for rejected login and add silent and
no_log_info options to pam_tally
* Add support for passing PAM_AUTHTOK to stdin of helpers from pam_exec
* New password quality tests in pam_cracklib
* New options for pam_lastlog to show last failed login attempt and
to disable lastlog update
* New pam_pwhistory module to store last used passwords
* New pam_tally2 module similar to pam_tally with wordsize independent
tally data format
* Make libpam not log missing module if its type is prepended with '-'
* New pam_timestamp module for authentication based on recent successful
login.
* Add blowfish support to pam_unix.
* Add support for user specific environment file to pam_env.
* Add pam_get_authtok to libpam as Linux-PAM extension.
* Rename type option of pam_cracklib to authtok_type.
Release 1.0.3
* Small bug fix release
Release 1.0.2
* Regression fixed in pam_selinux
* Problem with big UIDs fixed in pam_loginuid
Release 1.0.1
* Regression fixed in pam_set_item()
Release 1.0.0
* Small bug fixes
* Translation updates
Release 0.99.10.0
* New substack directive in config file syntax.
* New module pam_tty_audit.so for enabling and disabling tty
auditing.
* New PAM items PAM_XDISPLAY and PAM_XAUTHDATA.
* Auditing login denials based by origin (pam_access), time (pam_time),
and number of sessions (pam_limits) to the Linux audit subsystem.
* Support sha256 and sha512 algorithms in pam_unix when they are supported
by crypt().
* New pam_sepermit.so module for allowing/rejecting access based on
SELinux mode.
* Improved functionality of pam_namespace.so module (method flags,
namespace.d configuration directory, new options).
* Finaly removed deprecated pam_rhosts_auth module.
Release 0.99.9.0
* misc_conv no longer blocks SIGINT; applications that don't want
user-interruptable prompts should block SIGINT themselves
* Merge fixes from Debian
* Fix parser for pam_group and pam_time
Release 0.99.8.1
* Fix a regression in audit code introduced with last release
* Fix compiling with --disable-nls
Release 0.99.8.0
* Add translations for ar, ca, da, ru, sv and zu.
* Update hungarian translation.
* Add support for limits.d directory to pam_limits.
* Improve pam_namespace module tobe more useful
for MLS, fixed crash with bad config files.
* Improve pam_selinux module to be more useful
for MLS.
* Add minclass option to pam_cracklib
* Add new group syntax to pam_access
Release 0.99.7.1
* Security fix for pam_unix.so (CVE-2007-0003).
Release 0.99.7.0
* Add manual page for pam_unix.so.
* Add pam_faildelay module to set pam_fail_delay() value.
* Fix possible seg.fault in libpam/pam_set_data().
* Cleanup of configure options.
* Update hungarian translation, fix german translation.
Release 0.99.6.3
* pam_loginuid: New PAM module.
* pam_access, pam_succeed_if: Support passwd and session services.
Release 0.99.6.2
* pam_lastlog: Don't refuse login if lastlog file got lost.
* pam_cracklib: Fix a user triggerable crash.
* documentation: Regenerate with fixed docbook stylesheet.
Release 0.99.6.1
* Fix bootstrapping problems.
* Bug fixes: pam_keyinit, pam_umask
Release 0.99.6.0
* pam_namespace: Code cleanup, add init script to tar archive.
* pam_succeed_if: Add support for service match.
* Add xtests (to run after installation).
* Documentation: Convert sgml guides to XML, unify documentation
for PAM functions and modules.
Release 0.99.5.0
* pam_tally: Fix support for large UIDs
* Fixed all problems found by Coverity
* Add support for Intel C Compiler
* Add manual page for pam_mkhomedir, pam_umask, pam_filter,
pam_issue, pam_ftp, pam_group, pam_lastlog, pam_listfile,
pam_localuser, pam_mail, pam_motd, pam_nologin, pam_permit,
pam_rootok, pam_securetty, pam_shells, pam_userdb, pam_warn,
pam_time, pam_limits, pam_debug, pam_tally
* The libpam memory debug code was removed
* pam_keyinit: New module to initialise kernel session keyring.
* pam_namespace: New module to configure private namespace for a session.
* pam_rhosts: New module which replaces pam_rhosts_auth, now IPv6 capable.
* pam_rhosts_auth: This module is now deprecated.
Release 0.99.4.0
* Add test suite
* Fix building of static variants of libpam, libpamc and libpam_misc
* pam_listfile: Add support for password and session management
* pam_exec: New PAM module to execute arbitary commands
* Fix building of a static libpam including all PAM modules
* New/updated translations for: nl, pt, pl, fi, km, tr, uk, fr
* pam_access: Add network(address) / netmask and IPv6 support
* Add manual pages for pam_cracklib, pam_deny and pam_access
* pam_pwdb: This deprecated module was removed
* Manual pages: Major rewrite/cleanup
Release 0.99.3.0
* Fix NULL pointer checks in libpam.so
* pam_succeed_if, pam_group, pam_time: Support netgroup matching
* New translations for: nb, hu, fi, de, es, fr, it, ja, pt_BR, zh_CN, zh_TW
* Audit PAM calls if Linux Audit is available
* Compile upperLOWER and unix_chkpwd as PIE binaries
Release 0.99.2.1
* Fix install of PS, PDF, TXT and HTML files
* pam_mail: Update README
* Use %m consistent
* pam_modutil_getlogin: Fix parsing of PAM_TTY variable
Release 0.99.2.0
* Fix parsing of full path tty name in various modules
* pam_xauth: Look for xauth executable in multiple places
* pam_unix: Disable user check in unix_chkpwd only if real uid
is 0 (CVE-2005-2977). Log failed password check attempt.
* pam_env: Support /etc/environment again, but don't treat it as
error if it is missing.
* pam_userdb: Fix memory leak.
Release 0.99.1.0
* Use autoconf/automake/libtool
* Add gettext support
* Add translations for cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, ja, nb, pa, pt_BR,
pt, zh_CN and zh_TW
* libpam: Remove pam_authenticate_secondary stub
* libpam: Add pam_prompt,pam_vprompt,pam_error,pam_verror,pam_info
and pam_vinfo functions for use by modules as extension
* libpam: Add pam_syslog function for unified syslog messages from
PAM modules
* libpam: Moved functions from pammodutil to libpam
* pam_umask: New module for setting umask from GECOS field, /etc/login.defs
or /etc/default/login
* pam_echo: New PAM module for message output
* pam_userdb: Fix regression (crash when crypt param not specified)
* pam_limits: Fix regression from RLIMIT_NICE support (wrong limit
values for other limits are applied)
* pam_access: Support for NULL tty - matches ALL and NONE keywords
* pam_lastlog: Enable log to wtmp by default. Add "nowtmp" option
* pam_radius: This module was removed