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List:       mandrake-cooker
Subject:    Re: [Cooker] Problem with apache2-mod_auth_shadow
From:       Joshua Kugler <joshua.kugler () uaf ! edu>
Date:       2005-06-30 20:49:18
Message-ID: 200506301249.18894.joshua.kugler () uaf ! edu
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On Thursday 30 June 2005 12:43, Oden Eriksson wrote:
> torsdag 30 juni 2005 22.17 skrev Joshua Kugler:
> > The apache2 module mod_auth_shadow is a module, and helper program, to
> > authenticate users from the system's /etc/shadow file.  The helper
> > program is suid root so /etc/shadow can be read.  The mdk version is
> > patched so that the caller uid is set in the helper application at
> > command time. However, the caller uid is set to 65535, and on my system
> > apache runs at uid 75, so any auth attempts fail saying the caller uid is
> > incorrect: "/usr/sbin/validate: caller uid mismatch, must be 65535 not
> > 75"
> >
> > 1) The caller uid patch needs to be removed so the module RPM is actually
> > useful.
>
> Done, fixed with apache-mod_auth_shadow-2.0.54_2.0-2mdk, thanks.

Wow...that's fast service!  Thanks!

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Joshua Kugler
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http://distance.uaf.edu/

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