[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] openssh: allow empty passwords if PAM allows it as well

[Richard Purdie]

On Sun, 2013-10-13 at 12:01 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> Op 12 okt. 2013, om 10:37 heeft Richard Purdie <richard.purdie at linuxfoundation.org> het volgende geschreven:
> 
> > On Fri, 2013-10-11 at 15:37 +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
> >> Signed-off-by: Koen Kooi <koen at dominion.thruhere.net>
> >> ---
> >> meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/sshd_config | 2 +-
> >> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >> 
> >> diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/sshd_config b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/sshd_config
> >> index 4f9b626..175e8f3 100644
> >> --- a/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/sshd_config
> >> +++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/openssh/openssh-6.2p2/sshd_config
> >> @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ Protocol 2
> >> 
> >> # To disable tunneled clear text passwords, change to no here!
> >> #PasswordAuthentication yes
> >> -#PermitEmptyPasswords no
> >> +PermitEmptyPasswords yes
> >> 
> >> # Change to no to disable s/key passwords
> >> #ChallengeResponseAuthentication yes
> > 
> > I'm struggling to connect the "if PAM allows it as well" part of the
> > shortlog to this change? How is this conditional on PAM?
> 
> If PAM disallows empty passwords this option doesn't do anything. The
> PAM rules run before the openssh config options get applied.

What if PAM isn't being used?

Cheers,

Richard