Re: [patch] pam_auth has to be installed setuid root

On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 18:40, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Sunday 03 August 2003 05.42, Pawel Worach wrote:
> > pam_auth has to be setuid root for it to work.
>
> This depends on the backend database. Many of the non-local
> authentication services does not have this requirement.
>
> Local authentication services using /etc/shadow does indeed have this
> requirement.

I've applied this patch - I don't think there is significant risk in it
being suid - but we can back it out if needed..

Cheers,
Rob

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