From 052af4828c1d7cb8ecac87f8441006d5e4b332d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: techknowlogick Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2021 01:22:30 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add note about build-time flags for PAM support (#16641) Fix #16639 --- doc/features/authentication.en-us.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/features/authentication.en-us.md b/doc/features/authentication.en-us.md index 21181ac1..6a393838 100644 --- a/doc/features/authentication.en-us.md +++ b/doc/features/authentication.en-us.md @@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ To configure PAM, set the 'PAM Service Name' to a filename in `/etc/pam.d/`. To work with normal Linux passwords, the user running Gitea must have read access to `/etc/shadow`. +**Note**: PAM support is added via [build-time flags](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-source/#build), and the official binaries provided do not have this enabled. + ## SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) This option allows Gitea to log in to an SMTP host as a Gitea user. To