Re: [SQU] AUTH_PAM + RedHat 6.2

From: Daniel Roesen <droesen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 18:03:45 +0200

On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:33:18PM -0100, Christian Wiese wrote:
> I saw in the log file that the authentication process
> runs under the squid uid.

And exactly THAT is the problem. The PAM plugins run under the UID
of the calling process, and the squid UID has no access to the
/etc/shadow file (only root has).

Best regards,
Daniel

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