Rewrite the pam.md file

[jimcat8]

Author checklist (Completed by original Author)

• Good fit for the Rocky Linux project? Title and Author Metatags inserted ?
• If applicable, steps and instructions have been tested to work
• Initial self-review to fix basic typos and grammar completed

Rocky Documentation checklist (Completed by Rocky team)

• 1st Pass (Document is good fit for project and author checklist completed)
• 2nd Pass (Technical Review - check for technical correctness)
• 3rd Pass (Detailed Editorial Review and Peer Review)
• Final approval (Final Review)

[github-actions]

Test results for 6f89fca:

Number of broken URLs: 17

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[sspencerwire]

@jimcat8 I'm not sure about this: If you are asking a Question (line 35) and then giving the "answers" as more questions (lines 37-39), shouldn't they instead be "answers" and not more questions? For example, line 37 could/should be: "To ensure that the users of the applications, services, or tools used in the system, are always themselves." In general, I don't see anything else in the document rewrite that is bothersome. Let me know your justification for this.

[alemorvan]

Hello
Since I am the author of this document, I would appreciate it if you, @jimcat8, would respect my decision not to add “bash >” as a command prompt elsewhere, as I have asked you to do before.
Please ensure consistency throughout my documents.

[alemorvan]

Also I see you decided to remove that warning:

A misconfigured instance of PAM can compromise the security of your whole system. If PAM is vulnerable, then the whole system is vulnerable. Make any changes with care.

One again, you decided to remove some things very important and to add too much complexity to that doc.

[alemorvan]

Why did you remove the "directive" definition:

A **directive** (a complete line) is composed of a **mechanism** (`auth`, `account`, `password` or `session`), a **success check** (`include`, `optional`, `required`, ...), the **path to the module** and possibly **arguments** (like `revoke` for example).

[alemorvan]

Hello @sspencerwire
I disagree with that PR.
We are losing many important information and also we are losing the original style.

[alemorvan]

You also removed the chapter that describe some usefull pam modules.
That is not understandable.

[jimcat8]

Hello
Since I am the author of this document, I would appreciate it if you, @jimcat8, would respect my decision not to add “bash >” as a command prompt elsewhere, as I have asked you to do before.
Please ensure consistency throughout my documents.

Ok

[jimcat8]

Also I see you decided to remove that warning:

A misconfigured instance of PAM can compromise the security of your whole system. If PAM is vulnerable, then the whole system is vulnerable. Make any changes with care.

One again, you decided to remove some things very important and to add too much complexity to that doc.

There is an explanation at the end of the document

[jimcat8]

Why did you remove the "directive" definition:

A **directive** (a complete line) is composed of a **mechanism** (`auth`, `account`, `password` or `session`), a **success check** (`include`, `optional`, `required`, ...), the **path to the module** and possibly **arguments** (like `revoke` for example).

I will re-add this section.

[jimcat8]

You also removed the chapter that describe some usefull pam modules.
That is not understandable.

The original document is missing some manual content and basic concepts. Some modules are no longer in use.

[alemorvan]

Improving documentation is one thing. Replacing 100% of the content with your own is quite another.
You’re being disrespectful of my work.

[jimcat8]

Improving documentation is one thing. Replacing 100% of the content with your own is quite another.
You’re being disrespectful of my work.

The author is still you. Since the document is missing too much information, I need to rewrite it.

[jimcat8]

Improving documentation is one thing. Replacing 100% of the content with your own is quite another.
You’re being disrespectful of my work.

If the author does not agree to the changes, I will, of course, respect your decision.