Fix rule accounts_password_pam_pwhistory_use_authtok #14275
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The remediations shouldn't update the /etc/pam.d/system-auth and /etc/pam.d/password-auth directly, it would conflict with authselect. The remediations need to update the authselect profile instead, and then let authselect to modify the files in /etc/pam.d/.
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| pam_profile_path="/etc/authselect/$CUSTOM_PROFILE" | ||
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| for authselect_file in "$pam_profile_path"/password-auth "$pam_profile_path"/system-auth; do | ||
| if grep -Pq '^\h*password\h+([^#\n\r]+)\h+pam_pwhistory\.so\h+([^#\n\r]+\h+)?use_authtok\b' "$authselect_file"; then |
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| if grep -Pq '^\h*password\h+([^#\n\r]+)\h+pam_pwhistory\.so\h+([^#\n\r]+\h+)?use_authtok\b' "$authselect_file"; then | |
| if ! grep -Pq '^\h*password\h+([^#\n\r]+)\h+pam_pwhistory\.so\h+([^#\n\r]+\h+)?use_authtok\b' "$authselect_file"; then |
Currently, this seems only add if it is already there.
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The remediations shouldn't update the /etc/pam.d/system-auth and /etc/pam.d/password-auth directly, it would conflict with authselect. The remediations need to update the authselect profile instead, and then let authselect to modify the files in /etc/pam.d/.
Blocks #14269