Bug 80874 - RFE: [PATCH] pam_console local-once-passwd
Summary: RFE: [PATCH] pam_console local-once-passwd
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: pam
Version: 8.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
QA Contact: Jay Turner
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-01-01 16:48 UTC by Jan Kratochvil
Modified: 2015-01-08 00:02 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Environment:
Last Closed: 2003-07-20 06:33:49 UTC
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Implements 'johanka' option for pam_console (7.52 KB, patch)
2003-01-01 16:52 UTC, Jan Kratochvil
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Description Jan Kratochvil 2003-01-01 16:48:13 UTC
Description of enhancement:
Everything is restricted on local physical access only:

If user 'foo' is already logged on local console it should not be required to
enter the password to login for 'foo' on another local console - the original
console is alrady accessible for any fraud anyway.

Leaving console with any user running "exec top s" will be no longer safe with
this feature in effect - it should NEVER be default!


Steps for The Show:
1. /etc/pam.d/system-auth line before pam_unix.so:
    auth sufficient /lib/security/$ISA/pam_console.so johanka
2. Login on local console as user 'foo' - enter password.
3. Login on local console as user 'foo' - no password required.
4. Login on local console as user 'bar' - enter password.

Comment 1 Jan Kratochvil 2003-01-01 16:52:30 UTC
Created attachment 89036 [details]
Implements 'johanka' option for pam_console

Implements option 'johanka' for pam_console.

Modifies 'session' handling to track /var/run/console/$username file even for
the user 'root'.

AFAIK the patch should have no sideeffects as long as 'johanka' option is not
used.


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