Bug 437116

Summary: Nonexistent instance prefix directories cause login failure in pam_namespace
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ted X Toth <txtoth>
Component: pamAssignee: Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 9CC: joe, tmraz
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Fixed In Version: 1.0.1-4.fc9 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Patch containing pam_mkpolydir module that can be used to create instance prefix directories automatically. none

Description Ted X Toth 2008-03-12 14:48:26 UTC 
Description of problem:
When using the pam_namespace module if a instance prefix directory specified in
namespace.conf does not exist pam_namespace fails causing a pam authentication
failure. Having a nonexistent instance prefix directory in namespace.conf can
render a machine unusable at anything other than run level 1 if /etc/pam.d/login
specifies pam_namespace.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pam-0.99.10.0

How reproducible:
Configure /etc/pam.d/login to use pam_namespace. Add configuration line to
/etc/security/namespace.conf which includes a instance prefix directory that
does not exist, log out and then try to login.

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Comment 1 Ted X Toth 2008-03-12 14:48:26 UTC 
Created attachment 297774 [details]
Patch containing pam_mkpolydir module that can be used to create instance prefix directories automatically.
Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2008-05-14 05:58:43 UTC 
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA.
More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-05-21 09:09:37 UTC 
pam-1.0.1-4.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2008-05-22 20:37:29 UTC 
pam-1.0.1-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 testing repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
 If you want to test the update, you can install it with 
 su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update pam'.  You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F9/FEDORA-2008-4349
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2008-06-11 04:38:06 UTC 
pam-1.0.1-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2008-07-26 06:04:47 UTC 
pam-1.0.1-4.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.