From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 2 12:50:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCEA616A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:50:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1ECF43D3F for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:50:25 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i82CoPde030872 for ; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:50:25 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i82CoPOq030871; Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:50:25 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 12:50:25 GMT Message-Id: <200409021250.i82CoPOq030871@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org From: Yar Tikhiy Subject: Re: bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Yar Tikhiy List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:50:26 -0000 The following reply was made to PR bin/71147; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Yar Tikhiy To: "Simon L. Nielsen" Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/71147: sshd(8) will allow to log into a locked account Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2004 16:47:27 +0400 On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 05:06:21PM +0200, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: > On 2004.09.01 03:10:22 +0000, Yar Tikhiy wrote: > > The following reply was made to PR bin/71147; it has been noted by GNATS. > > > > However, I feel that the full blown prefix `*LOCKED*' should be > > left for pw(8) purposes while just a leading asterisk may be > > considered by sshd(8) as a sure sign of an account being locked. > > E.g., the macro PASSWD_LOCK_PREFIX("*") should be used IMHO. > > If you prevent accounts with a "*" from logging in with a ssh key you > will break POLA. I know that I have several systems where the > password in master.passwd is set to "*" and I then log in via ssh > keys. > > Also a "*" in the password file does not prevent a user logging in > when authenticating via Kerberos. Will Kerberos authentication codepath check for ``*LOCKED*'' either? -- Yar