NeXT 3.3 vs openssh-2.5.1p1 (Couldn't restore privileges)
Jack Bryans
jbryans at csulb.edu
Sun Feb 25 08:16:34 EST 2001
Wanted to make openssh w/both -lwrap and BIND 8.2.3's -lbind on an m68k NeXT
3.3. Started w/then current openssh-2.3.0p1. Had to use -posix for
compiler and loader to get -lbind to work, and had to throw out all openssh
NeXT porting to get -posix to work. By the time I had it all working and
installed, a security mailing list said there was a new openssh version
released.
Bagged openssh-2.5.1p1, went thru it again, only to find ssh fatals out w/
Couldn't restore privileges.
Non-root suid ssh works just fine.
An archive search shows others have the same problem. Haven't seen a
diagnosis or patch yet.
In the meantime, how bad would it be to #comment out the seteuid change and
restore at the bottom of entropy.c?
Jack
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