Bug#342157: openssh-server: calls PAM auth and setcred in different contexts

2005-12-05 Thread Russ Allbery
Package: openssh-server Version: 1:4.2p1-5 Severity: important Apologies if this was already reported. I went through the PAM bugs and didn't see it, other than as a comment in #63460 which is a different issue. The Debian PAM mini-policy says: 1) Use the same PAM handle for all

Bug#342157: openssh-server: calls PAM auth and setcred in different contexts

2005-12-05 Thread Russ Allbery
Russ Allbery [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It would be very nice if openssh-server could be modified to not fork that separate [pam] subprocess and instead do the PAM authentication calls in the parent process. I expect this will break various other PAM modules that rely on the separation