NeXT 3.3 vs openssh-2.5.1p1 (Couldn't restore privileges)

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:04:13PM -0600, mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org wrote:
> [..]
> > Bagged openssh-2.5.1p1, went thru it again, only to find ssh fatals out w/
> > Couldn't restore privileges.
> > 
> FYI.. Use 'prngd'  and do --with-egd-pool=/path/to/random  and this will
> solve your problem about "Couldn't restore priviledges."  This is an issue
> with just using the pure-built in Entropy system.

Yes, but that won't work on SCO 3, as it doesn't have unix sockets :-(

What I don't really understand is why the seteuid() stuff in entropy.c
isn't working here - from the docs, it should... - how is uid changing
done in other parts of ssh?

gert
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