Bug 6701 - exec login command fails
Summary: exec login command fails
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: util-linux   
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Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Crutcher Dunnavant
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Reported: 1999-11-04 00:02 UTC by roger
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-11-05 13:12:12 UTC
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Description roger 1999-11-04 00:02:48 UTC 
entering "exec login <username>" gives the usual password
prompt, but fails when the password is entered. The log file
shows
lynx login: setuid() failed

If the <username> is root, then the command is successful,
after entering the correct root password, but there is a
message
  No directory /root!
  Logging in with home = "/".he message

It appears that the login command is not executing setfsuid
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-11-05 13:12:59 UTC 
Unlike many other programs (and many other unices), login is
responsible for preserving the PAM session. This is done by
an extra fork. Working out the pokery-jiggery necessary to
permit
	exec login ...
and
	login ...
to function "normally" is not worth the effort.
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