[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] libpam: Setting suid bit for unix_chkpwd

[wenzong fan]

On 08/22/2011 10:30 AM, Scott Garman wrote:
> On 08/20/2011 09:05 AM, Khem Raj wrote:
>> On 8/20/2011 12:58 AM, wenzong.fan at windriver.com wrote:
>>> From: Wenzong Fan<wenzong.fan at windriver.com>
>>>
>>> [YOCTO #1252]
>>>
>>> While pam_unix.so required by an application on lsb image, it will
>>> need to
>>> call the unix_chkpwd to get userinfo from shadow file. This fix get a
>>> normal
>>> user could read shadow file via unix_chkpwd.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Wenzong Fan<wenzong.fan at windriver.com>
>>> ---
>>> meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.4.bb | 8 +++++++-
>>> 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.4.bb
>>> b/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.4.bb
>>> index ae20a97..ca54bd8 100644
>>> --- a/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.4.bb
>>> +++ b/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam_1.1.4.bb
>>> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SECTION = "base"
>>> LICENSE = "GPLv2+ | BSD"
>>> LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = 
>>> "file://COPYING;md5=ca0395de9a86191a078b8b79302e3083"
>>>
>>> -PR = "r1"
>>> +PR = "r2"
>>>
>>> DEPENDS = "bison flex cracklib"
>>> RDEPENDS_${PN}-runtime = "libpam pam-plugin-deny pam-plugin-permit
>>> pam-plugin-warn pam-plugin-unix"
>>> @@ -85,3 +85,9 @@ do_install() {
>>> install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/
>>> install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/pam.d/* ${D}${sysconfdir}/pam.d/
>>> }
>>> +
>>> +pkg_postinst_pam-plugin-unix () {
>>> + # below is necessary to allow unix_chkpwd get user info from shadow
>>> file
>>> + # on lsb images
>>> + chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/unix_chkpwd
>>
>> may be its better to use corresponding metadata variables instead of
>> hardcoding /usr/sbin here
>
> With Khem's recommended tweak:

Good point, patch v2 will be sent with this updates.

Thanks
Wenzong
>
> Acked-by: Scott Garman <scott.a.garman at intel.com>
>