Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 14:59:09 +0000 () From: Daniel Leeds <cosmos@sponsor.octet.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: login code Message-ID: <199602011459.OAA00435@sponsor.octet.com>
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hey, this is not for freebsd per se, but i was looking at the freebsd login.c code as a ref, but got a little confused. basically, im wondering how login executes the shell, ie if i made a simple c program is it basically just an exec of whatever shell it reads in from /etc/passwd? im basically learning how to code c here, and without all the logging and kerberos of the standard login.c, would a basic login.c (not to be used of course) be something like if [certain user id] (like root) do (setuid 0) execute login shell else do (setuid users_id) execute login shell ?? very crude and simple, but im trying to follow the logic and reconstruct a simple program similar to that. i wanna know if thats the right step to thinking or if im wrong first tho. thanks -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Daniel Leeds Unix Admin Octet Media Beatnik -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-help
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