RE: [SQU] AUTH_PAM + RedHat 6.2

> On Tue, Sep 19, 2000 at 05:33:18PM -0100, Christian Wiese wrote:
> > I saw in the log file that the authentication process
> > runs under the squid uid.
>
> And exactly THAT is the problem. The PAM plugins run under the UID
> of the calling process, and the squid UID has no access to the
> /etc/shadow file (only root has).

You could setuid-root your helper, if you're daring enough and/or you
have reviewed the code carefully.

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	/kinkie
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