Changes/PamBerkeleyDBtoGdbm

Switch pam_userdb from BerkeleyDB to GDBM

This is a proposed Change for Fedora Linux.
This document represents a proposed Change. As part of the Changes process, proposals are publicly announced in order to receive community feedback. This proposal will only be implemented if approved by the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee.

Summary

pam_userdb was built with support for BerkeleyDB, but this project is no longer maintained, so it is replaced by GDBM.

Owner

• Name: Iker Pedrosa
• Email: ipedrosa@redhat.com

Current status

• Targeted release: <VERSION>/ Fedora Linux <VERSION>
• Last updated: 2023-08-29
• [<will be assigned by the Wrangler> devel thread]
• FESCo issue: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Tracker bug: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>
• Release notes tracker: <will be assigned by the Wrangler>

Scope

• Proposal owners:

• Other developers:

• Release engineering: #Releng issue number

• Policies and guidelines: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Trademark approval: N/A (not needed for this Change)

• Alignment with Community Initiatives:

Contingency Plan

• Contingency mechanism: (What to do? Who will do it?) N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Contingency deadline: N/A (not a System Wide Change)
• Blocks release? N/A (not a System Wide Change), Yes/No

Documentation

N/A (not a System Wide Change)