From arch-announce at archlinux.org  Fri Apr 20 07:45:46 2018
From: arch-announce at archlinux.org (=?utf-8?q?Arch_Linux=3A_Recent_news_updates=3A_Bart=C5=82omiej_Piotrowski?=)
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2018 07:45:46 -0000
Subject: [arch-announce] glibc 2.27-2 and pam 1.3.0-2 may require manual
 intervention
Message-ID: <20180420074546.18650.57101@apollo>

The new version of glibc removes support for NIS and NIS+. The default
`/etc/nsswitch.conf` file provided by `filesystem` package already
reflects this change. Please make sure to merge pacnew file if it exists
prior to upgrade.

NIS functionality can still be enabled by installing `libnss_nis`
package. There is no replacement for NIS+ in the official repositories.

`pam 1.3.0-2` no longer ships pam_unix2 module and `pam_unix_*.so`
compatibility symlinks. Before upgrading, review PAM configuration files
in the `/etc/pam.d` directory and replace removed modules with
`pam_unix.so`. Users of pam_unix2 should also reset their passwords
after such change. Defaults provided by `pambase` package do not need
any modifications.

URL: https://www.archlinux.org/news/glibc-227-2-and-pam-130-2-may-require-manual-intervention/