[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-22 Thread walt
On 01/21/2010 08:09 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:34 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I'm no expert on PAM, but I've seen it used on every linux distribution that I've tried over the years. In the case I just described, I used it so I can identify myself with my ssh key,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-22 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:22:50 -0800, walt wrote: I read this that walt is using SSH keys ( on a USB stick?) for local login, which would be best done with PAM. SSH login with keys is handled by SSH itself. Can you confirm walt? I'm using it to ssh between the machines on my local

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Stroller
On 20 Jan 2010, at 21:39, walt wrote: ... In the case I just described, I used it so I can identify myself with my ssh key, which is much more secure than a password. ... I'm not sure how I would have added ssh key authentication without pam. I'm pretty sure it's possible, although I

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/20/2010 11:39 PM, walt wrote: On 01/19/2010 10:26 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 01/19/2010 07:55 PM, walt wrote: On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote: Here is what I see on both machines: $su Password: = I type Ctrl-d here Segmentation fault I've traced this problem to the

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:34 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I'm no expert on PAM, but I've seen it used on every linux distribution that I've tried over the years. In the case I just described, I used it so I can identify myself with my ssh key, which is much more secure than a password.

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/21/2010 06:09 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:06:34 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: I'm no expert on PAM, but I've seen it used on every linux distribution that I've tried over the years. In the case I just described, I used it so I can identify myself with my ssh key,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-21 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:12:50 +0200, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: Oh, don't know if it's possible on local login. Anyway, I was just curious. PAM and ConsoleKit were two things that got installed by default (desktop profile) and I couldn't even find a use for them, so I removed both and

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-20 Thread walt
On 01/19/2010 10:26 AM, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 01/19/2010 07:55 PM, walt wrote: On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote: Here is what I see on both machines: $su Password: = I type Ctrl-d here Segmentation fault I've traced this problem to the pam_ssh package, which is supposed to

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su

2010-01-19 Thread Philip Webb
100118 walt wrote: On 01/18/2010 02:14 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: 2010/1/18 waltw41...@gmail.com: As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead. su: Authentication information cannot be recovered Here is what

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-19 Thread walt
On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote: Here is what I see on both machines: $su Password: = I type Ctrl-d here Segmentation fault I've traced this problem to the pam_ssh package, which is supposed to return a charstring containing the typed password, but it instead returns a null pointer

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-19 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 01/19/2010 07:55 PM, walt wrote: On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote: Here is what I see on both machines: $su Password: = I type Ctrl-d here Segmentation fault I've traced this problem to the pam_ssh package, which is supposed to return a charstring containing the typed password, but

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su [SOLVED]

2010-01-19 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 19 January 2010 20:26:29 Nikos Chantziaras wrote: On 01/19/2010 07:55 PM, walt wrote: On 01/18/2010 04:41 PM, walt wrote: Here is what I see on both machines: $su Password: = I type Ctrl-d here Segmentation fault I've traced this problem to the pam_ssh package,

[gentoo-user] Re: A quick test of su

2010-01-18 Thread walt
On 01/18/2010 02:14 PM, Hilco Wijbenga wrote: 2010/1/18 waltw41...@gmail.com: Can I trouble you folks to do this ten-second test and report your results? As an ordinary user, type 'su' at a bash prompt. Now, where you would normally type your root password, just type Ctrl-d instead. What do