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Date:      Fri, 19 Jan 2001 14:48:41 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "David J. MacKenzie" <djm@web.us.uu.net>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: login_access()
Message-ID:  <20010119144841.B12089@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20010119203218.E79A912686@jenkins.web.us.uu.net>; from djm@web.us.uu.net on Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:32:18PM -0500
References:  <20010119203218.E79A912686@jenkins.web.us.uu.net>

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On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 03:32:18PM -0500, David J. MacKenzie wrote:
> login.c in -stable is compiled by default with login_access(),
> which is in the login source directory.  It reads /etc/login.access
> to restrict who can login.  sshd also uses that source file.
>=20
> However, rshd and the MIT krb5 port don't check that file,
> so relying on it for authorization is risky.
> I suggest that login_access() be removed from the login source directory
> and turned into a PAM module account management function so it can be
> used uniformly without specially hacking each program that needs it.

This sounds like a good way to proceed (well, PAM module first, then
removal/deprecation). Are you able to submit code to do the former?

Kris

P.S. FreeBSD is in desperate need of a maintainer for PAM. Keep this
up, and you'll soon find yourself a committer.

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