Bug 437116 - Nonexistent instance prefix directories cause login failure in pam_namespace
Summary: Nonexistent instance prefix directories cause login failure in pam_namespace
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: pam
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Tomas Mraz
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-03-12 14:48 UTC by Ted X Toth
Modified: 2008-07-26 06:04 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 1.0.1-4.fc9
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-06-11 04:38:08 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Patch containing pam_mkpolydir module that can be used to create instance prefix directories automatically. (76.41 KB, patch)
2008-03-12 14:48 UTC, Ted X Toth
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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.


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