[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#932458: Couldn't open /etc/securetty: No such file or directory

[Bálint Réczey]

Hi,

Bálint Réczey <balint at balintreczey.hu> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. nov.
7., Cs, 20:45):
>
> Hi,
>
> Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser at tarent.de> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. nov. 6.,
> Sze, 23:08):
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > when will something happen to not fill syslog with these messages
> > (unless deserved, such as if there is really something to warn about)?
> >
> > It’s not even stated yet whether the suggested change to the config
> > is safe to apply…
>
> I'm waiting for Steve's position on this. I believe the change to
> shadow was OK and all we need is removing the message in PAM.
> Since it is a trivial change I have not prepared a patch but I'm happy
> to if Steve prefers that.

I asked upstream if they just want to silence the notice, but they
don't want to:
https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/pull/158

It leaves us with disabling it using configuration files. IMO the
proposed patch of removing nullok_secure is safe and the desired
solution.
However it is up to the maintainers, Steve, or Sam, to accept the
patch unless someone NMUs it.
I don't plan NMU-ing it myself, but since the general NMU rules apply
any DD can NMU it via DELAYED/10.

https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/pkgs.html#when-and-how-to-do-an-nmu

Cheers,
Balint

>
> Cheers,
> Balint
>
> > Thanks in advance,
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