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authortechknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>2021-08-07 01:22:30 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-08-07 01:22:30 -0400
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Add note about build-time flags for PAM support (#16641)
Fix #16639
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@@ -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