[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#932458: pam_unix complains about removal of /etc/securetty

[Bálint Réczey]

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Hi,

Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> ezt írta (időpont: 2019. júl. 19., P, 22:45):
>
> On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 03:45:32PM +0200, Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> > Source: shadow
> > Version: 1:4.7-1
> > Severity: normal
>
> > Since 1:4.7-1, /etc/securetty is not present on the system anymore and
> > since then pam_unix complains that the file is missing:
>
> > sudo[11488]: pam_unix(sudo:auth): Couldn't open /etc/securetty: Aucun fichier ou dossier de ce type
>
> > Was this removal coordinated with PAM package?
>
> It was not.

It is true that I did not give a heads-up for the change.

I believe this complaint and other implications such as nullok_secure
stopping to work without adding /etc/securetty are really minor issues
and should not have delayed the change in login.

Dropping securetty support in PAM  is also tracked at #674857 and Sven
recently raised the issue of the complaint there, too.

Steve, would you like me to do something more in login to help users?
I believed that the short NEWS entry would be enough, but if you would
like to have something else mentioned I'm happy to add that:
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/shadow/blob/master/debian/NEWS

Cheers,
Balint

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