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Date:      05 Feb 2002 23:34:38 +0100
From:      Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@ofug.org>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix pam_unix.c
Message-ID:  <xzp7kprlfr5.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
In-Reply-To: <20020205222829.GA9120@nagual.pp.ru>
References:  <20020205214703.GA8579@nagual.pp.ru> <200202052219.g15MJhs32408@greenpeace.grondar.org> <20020205222829.GA9120@nagual.pp.ru>

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"Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> writes:
> 3) All programs behave like they _owns_ random() internal state and not
> expect any damages from the libraries here. If you want PAM be special, it
> must be well documented in all visible PAM manpages and docs.

I agree with Andrey here, pam_unix(8) should not clobber random()'s
internal state.

DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@ofug.org

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