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Date:      Tue, 03 Feb 2004 18:12:11 +0100
From:      Andre Oppermann <andre@freebsd.org>
To:        "Jacques A. Vidrine" <nectar@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/kerberos5/lib/libroken Makefile
Message-ID:  <401FD66B.F560E08B@freebsd.org>
References:  <200402030932.i139WBpQ054113@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040203112824.01dfdc99@localhost> <20040203163214.GD17960@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <401FD252.7F56765E@freebsd.org> <401FD43E.174A6839@freebsd.org> <20040203170652.GA80415@madman.celabo.org>

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"Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 06:02:54PM +0100, Andre Oppermann wrote:
> > Hmm...  getlogin might be the problem (from perl man page):
> >
> >  getlogin
> >
> >     Implements the C library function of the same name, which on most systems
> >     returns the current login from /etc/utmp, if any. If null, use getpwuid.
> 
> Only that's not correct for most systems :-)
> 
> getlogin(2) returns what was previously passed to setlogin(2) (usually
> by login(1)).  But this could indeed be a part of the problem,
> especially since there is a known bug in ssh involving a missing
> setsid() ...

May it be that the problem started the same time as when freefall's
sshd was switched over or upgraded to use priviledge separation?

> Sorry to tease and run, but I have an appointment right *now*.
> Will follow-up when I return.

-- 
Andre



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