Bug#295526: Authentication problems with pam_unix2

2005-03-18 Thread Christoph Pleger
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:18:48 +0100 Christoph Pleger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course it is a good idea to let other people look at my suggestion, > because I am not absolutely sure that it does introduce a security > hole. But I am quite sure. Oops, a funny mistake. What I meant was of cour

Bug#295526: Authentication problems with pam_unix2

2005-03-10 Thread Christoph Pleger
On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:06:38 +0100 Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hm, introducing such a helper program can introduce a security hole if > not done carefully, also, with pam it's afaik usually expected that > the calling program makes sure it's root, rather than the pam module

Bug#295526: Authentication problems with pam_unix2

2005-03-10 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
retitle 295526 libpam_unix2 only works as root thanks On Wed, Feb 16, 2005 at 02:33:59PM +0100, Christoph Pleger wrote: > Hello, > > I discovered that various screen locking programs (xlock, kcheckpass, > xscreensaver, vlock) have problems to authenticate a user when using > pam_unix2. The reason

Bug#295526: Authentication problems with pam_unix2

2005-02-16 Thread Christoph Pleger
Package: libpam-unix2 Version: 1.25-1 Hello, I discovered that various screen locking programs (xlock, kcheckpass, xscreensaver, vlock) have problems to authenticate a user when using pam_unix2. The reason was evident for me: these programs are not setuid root. But I wondered why the programs a