Mailing List Archive: [Bug 796] sshd should restore previous authdb setting

[Bug 796] sshd should restore previous authdb setting

Jan 25, 2004, 4:53 PM

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http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796

Summary: sshd should restore previous authdb setting
Product: Portable OpenSSH
Version: -current
Platform: PPC
OS/Version: AIX
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: sshd
AssignedTo: openssh-bugs@mindrot.org
ReportedBy: dtucker@zip.com.au

Currently on AIX, sshd does something like this:
setauthdb([whatever]);
aix_auth_functions();
[ much other stuff ]
setpcred();

In some cases, (eg if the password registry is NIS) the setpcred call fails.
(This is possibly a bug in the AIX NIS module, this behaviour has been reported
on AIX 5.1 ML4 and AIX 5.2 ML2.)

sshd should probably restore the previous authdb setting after calling the AIX
auth functions.

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Jan 25, 2004, 4:53 PM

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dtucker@zip.com.au changed:

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Jan 27, 2004, 4:20 PM

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------- Additional Comments From dtucker@zip.com.au 2004-01-27 17:20 -------
Also reported as not working: AIX 5.1 ML5 with NIS and AFS password registries.

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Jan 27, 2004, 5:35 PM

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------- Additional Comments From dtucker@zip.com.au 2004-01-27 18:35 -------
Created an attachment (id=536)
--> (http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/attachment.cgi?id=536&action=view)
Restore old authdb setting after aix auth calls.

Note: the patch will probably only apply to a recent snapshot:
ftp://ftp.ca.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/snapshot/

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Feb 5, 2004, 9:19 PM

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dtucker@zip.com.au changed:

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------- Additional Comments From dtucker@zip.com.au 2004-02-06 16:19 -------
The patch has been applied, closing.

- (dtucker) [openbsd-compat/port-aix.c openbsd-compat/port-aix.h] Bug #796:
Restore previous authdb setting after auth calls. Fixes problems with
setpcred failing on accounts that use AFS or NIS password registries.

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