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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Asking for testers (Shadow + NIS)
From:       Chris Schlaeger <cs () axys ! de>
Date:       1999-02-26 14:01:59
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Hi!

I just finished testing it on our production system which runs Shadow
+ NIS. The lastest version runs fine again.

Thanks for the fix!

Chris

On Thu, Feb 18, 1999 at 10:31:14PM +0100, Christian Esken wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I need testers for a patch to the shadow authentication in
> conjunction with NIS. It patches checkpass_shadow.cpp,
> so I would like opions from Shadow users as well.
> 
> There were several reports about kcheckpass not working on all
> possible NIS platforms. After gathering several reports, it looks
> like there is something like a "Shadow + NIS" authentification.
> 
> I recieved this patch to resolve the trouble. It adds some extra
> lines to checkpass_shadow.cpp. I would like to hear your opinion
> - whether the patch works
> - if it is a good idea to patch kcheckpass in this way
> - if this patch introduces security problems
> 
> 
> Please keep in mind that kcheckpass runs SUID or SGID - so
> please inspect the patched source closely.
> 
> 
>   Christian
> 
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> 
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> 
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