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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