Subject: bin/29554: PAM problems - telnetd doesn't obtain a ptyfs with the right user
To: None <gnats-admin@netbsd.org, netbsd-bugs@netbsd.org>
From: None <gcw@primenet.com.au>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 02/28/2005 05:57:00
>Number: 29554
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: PAM'd telnetd/ptyfs gives a root owned tty
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: bin-bug-people
>State: open
>Class: sw-bug
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 28 05:57:00 +0000 2005
>Originator: Geoff C. Wing
>Release: NetBSD 2.99.16 (2005-02-28)
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: NetBSD g.primenet.com.au 2.99.16 NetBSD 2.99.16 (G) #0: Sun Feb 27 14:34:43 EST 2005 gcw@g.primenet.com.au:/usr/netbsd/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/G i386
Architecture: i386
Machine: i386
>Description:
% telnet updatedhost
[....]
% w
4:52PM up 1 day, 2:12, 6 users, load averages: 3.15, 2.69, 2.86
USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT
gcw 9 localhost 4:52PM ? login -a \\^P\\^B\\M-~\\M-s\\^?\\000\\000\\^A\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\\000\
% ls -l `tty`
crw--w---- 1 root tty 5, 9 Feb 28 16:52 /dev/pts/9
>How-To-Repeat:
see above
>Fix:
?