SSH PAM authentication/login with a new user DB (through NSS)

Christian Pfaffel-Janser christian.pfaffel-janser at siemens.com
Thu Feb 5 02:33:14 EST 2009


Hosung Song wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I tried to analyze the sshd source code as much as possible to figure 
> out how the passwd structs are related (noticed that PAM authentication 
> is done by a separate thread, and I'm not sure how the getpwnam() result 
> obtained in the sshpam thread is passed back to the parent thread), but 
> my lack of patience or expertise keeps me from making any further 
> progress. I think I may be missing something in my PAM module, but that 
> isn't very clear either.
> 
> Any of your expert comments would be greatly appreciated. I'm not yet a 
> subscriber of this mailing list, so I may need to be CC'ed in your response.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Hosung Song
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Hi,

just a wild guess, does it work if You turn PriviledgeSeparation off.

Best regards,
Christian

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