Porting OpenSSH 2.9.9p2 to Dynix V4.4.4

[Wendy Palm]

have you tried using LOGIN_NEEDS_UTMPX ?

Patrick Hess wrote:
> 
> Hello Porters,
> 
>         I am attempting to compile OpenSSH 2.9.9p2 on a Dynix V4.4.4 host.
> I have set USE_PIPES and BROKEN_SAVED_UIDS (the latter because there are
> no functions for set{eu,eg}id() that I can find).  I configured with
> "./configure  '--with-libs=-lnsl -lsec'".
> 
>         Each time I attempt to login, I get this error:
> 
>           No utmp entry.  You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh".
> 
>         The Dynix man page for login (1) states:
> 
>           No utmp entry. You must exec "login" from the lowest level "sh"
>                You attempted to execute login as a command without
>                using the shell's exec internal command or from other
>                than the initial shell.
> 
>         A "truss -aef" tells me that login is being execl'd like:
> 
>           27066:  execve("/bin/login", 0x080470FC, 0x0815F6CC) argc = 7
>           27066:   argv: login -h <IP> -p -f -- phess
>           27066:   envp: TZ=BST11 SSH_CLIENT=<IP> 1471 22 SSH_TTY=/dev/pts/31
>           27066:    TERM=vt100
> 
>         Do you have any ideas what I can define in order to fix this problem?
> 
>         I also found what I believe might be a bug in uidswap.c at line 88.  It
> used to look like:
> 
> -----
> #ifndef SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID
>         /* Propagate the privileged gid to all of our gids. */
>         if (setgid(getegid()) < 0)
>                 debug("setgid %u: %.100s", (u_int) getegid(), strerror(errno));
>         /* Propagate the privileged uid to all of our uids. */
>         if (setuid(geteuid()) < 0)
>                 debug("setuid %u: %.100s", (u_int) geteuid(), strerror(errno));
> #endif /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
>         if (setegid(pw->pw_gid) < 0)
>                 fatal("setegid %u: %.100s", (u_int) pw->pw_gid,
>                     strerror(errno));
>         if (seteuid(pw->pw_uid) == -1)
>                 fatal("seteuid %u: %.100s", (u_int) pw->pw_uid,
>                     strerror(errno));
> -----
> 
> It now looks like:
> 
> -----
> #ifdef SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID
>         if (setegid(pw->pw_gid) < 0)
>                 fatal("setegid %u: %.100s", (u_int) pw->pw_gid,
>                     strerror(errno));
>         if (seteuid(pw->pw_uid) == -1)
>                 fatal("seteuid %u: %.100s", (u_int) pw->pw_uid,
>                     strerror(errno));
> #else /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
>         /* Propagate the privileged gid to all of our gids. */
>         if (setgid(getegid()) < 0)
>                 debug("setgid %u: %.100s", (u_int) getegid(), strerror(errno));
>         /* Propagate the privileged uid to all of our uids. */
>         if (setuid(geteuid()) < 0)
>                 debug("setuid %u: %.100s", (u_int) geteuid(), strerror(errno));
> #endif /* SAVED_IDS_WORK_WITH_SETEUID */
> -----
> 
>         Otherwise, I've made no changes.
> 
>         Thanks in advance.
> 
> --
> Best regards,
>   Patrick                             mailto:phess at best.com

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wendy palm
Cray OS Sustaining Engineering, Cray Inc.
wendyp at cray.com, 651-605-9154