cvs commit: src/kerberos5/lib/libroken Makefile

[Andre Oppermann]

"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 06:02:54PM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > Hmm...  getlogin might be the problem (from perl man page):
> >
> >  getlogin
> >
> >     Implements the C library function of the same name, which on most systems
> >     returns the current login from /etc/utmp, if any. If null, use getpwuid.
> 
> Only that's not correct for most systems :-)
> 
> getlogin(2) returns what was previously passed to setlogin(2) (usually
> by login(1)).  But this could indeed be a part of the problem,
> especially since there is a known bug in ssh involving a missing
> setsid() ...

May it be that the problem started the same time as when freefall's
sshd was switched over or upgraded to use priviledge separation?

> Sorry to tease and run, but I have an appointment right *now*.
> Will follow-up when I return.

-- 
Andre