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Date:      Sun, 25 Nov 2001 13:19:10 -0500 (EST)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:        kde@freebsd.org
Subject:   ports/32273: kdm doesn't set paths from login.conf
Message-ID:  <200111251819.fAPIJA974619@fledge.watson.org>

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>Number:         32273
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       kdm doesn't set paths from login.conf
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Nov 25 10:20:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Watson
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.4-PRERELEASE i386
>Organization:
NAI Labs
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD curry.decoverly.watson.org 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Nov 24 13:46:47 EST 2001     rwatson@curry.decoverly.watson.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/BKTR  i386

kde-2.2             The "meta-port" for KDE 2
kdebase-2.2_2       Base modules for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdegames-2.2        Games for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdegraphics-2.2     Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdelibs-2.2_3       Libraries for KDE2
kdemultimedia-2.2   Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop
kdenetwork-2.2      Network modules for KDE2
kdeutils-2.2        Utilities for the KDE integrated X11 desktop

kdm used to login

curry:~> grep kde /etc/pam.conf
kde     auth    required        pam_nologin.so  no_warn
#kde    auth    sufficient      pam_opie.so     no_warn
#kde    auth    sufficient      pam_kerberosIV.so       no_warn try_first_pass
#kde    auth    sufficient      pam_krb5.so     no_warn try_first_pass
#kde    auth    required        pam_ssh.so      no_warn try_first_pass
kde     auth    required        pam_unix.so     no_warn try_first_pass

>Description:

When logging in via the console (and /usr/bin/login), the system capability
database, login.conf, is used to initialize the path.  When logging in
via kdm, that doesn't seem to be the case:

curry:~> grep path /etc/login.conf | grep -v ^#
        :path=/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin ~/bin:\

Via login:

curry:~> set | grep path
path    (/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /home/rwatson/bin)

Via kdm:

curry:~> set | grep path
path    (/bin /usr/bin /usr/X11R6/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/local/pgsql/bin /home/rwatson/bin /usr/local/pgsql/bin /home/rwatson/bin)

>How-To-Repeat:

Log in via console, note that sysctl runs fine.
Install kde, run kdm, login via kdm, notice that sysctl doesn't run.

>Fix:

Will probably involve modifying kdm to know how to use the various login
capability stuff.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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