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Date:      Mon, 07 Jan 2002 10:29:09 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Should pam_ssh and xdm work? 
Message-ID:  <200201070829.g078TAV62670@grimreaper.grondar.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020107002223.A64504@shale.csir.co.za> ; from Jeremy Lea <reg@FreeBSD.ORG>  "Mon, 07 Jan 2002 00:22:23 %2B0200."
References:  <20020107002223.A64504@shale.csir.co.za> 

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> I've uncommented the entries for pam_ssh in /etc/pam.conf, and am trying
> to log in via xdm on my local machine.  I can type in my SSH passphrase
> into the password box, and it authenticates me, and runs my .xsession. 
> So far, no problems.  But it's not setting up the ssh-agent properly. 

Yes this is a known bug. We need to fix it.

> Two copies of ssh-agent appear to be run, and the environment variables
> "SSH_AUTH_SOCK" and "SSH_AGENT_PID" are not passed.  They are not
> available in any xterms, and they do not appear in the environment while
> .xsession is being executed.
> 
> Combinations of using "sufficient" and "required" for pam_ssh and
> pam_unix do not seem to affect things.

Nor should they :-)

M
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