From 3b68bdbc5f38de96fa27fcca31b62caa487ed31f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Colin Watson Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 16:37:25 +0000 Subject: Remove README.Debian warnings about privsep not working properly with PAM. --- debian/README.Debian | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/README.Debian b/debian/README.Debian index bb1f7cf48..cb1444a47 100644 --- a/debian/README.Debian +++ b/debian/README.Debian @@ -33,15 +33,11 @@ Privilege Separation As of 3.3, openssh has employed privilege separation to reduce the quantity of code that runs as root, thereby reducing the impact of -some security holes in sshd. +some security holes in sshd. This now also works properly with PAM. -Unfortunately, privilege separation interacts badly with PAM. Any PAM -session modules that need to run as root (pam_mkhomedir, for example) -will fail, and PAM keyboard-interactive authentication won't work. - -Privilege separation is turned on by default, so if you decide you +Privilege separation is turned on by default, so, if you decide you want it turned off, you need to add "UsePrivilegeSeparation no" to -/etc/ssh/sshd_config +/etc/ssh/sshd_config. PermitRootLogin set to yes -------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3