[linux-security] sshd with a custom shadow /bin/login

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

> [linux-security] sshd with a custom shadow /bin/login
> 
> Kevin at Paranoia (http://www.ministry.paranoia.com/~kevintx)
> Tue, 15 Oct 1996 05:53:04 -0500
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> Sorry, I haven't been able to reach www.cs.hut.fi all morning to check
> the
> ssh mailing list archive there and I'm in a bit of a time crunch to
> find an
> answer on this.. hopefully someone else can help me (and quick).
> 
> I'm using sshd on a linux 2.0.22 system with a custom /bin/login
> (based on
> shadow-960810) which I'd like to have invoked from sshd when a login
> comes
> in by ssh. As it is, the sshd code contains its own "login" code that
> I
> don't want to have to modify for every change that I've made in my
> shadow
> login. Besides my other changes in the shadow /bin/login, sshd doesn't
> allow for MD5CRYPT passwords. Is there any way to have sshd just
> invoke
> /bin/login (with the -f flag if the user is preauthenticated) to
> perform
> the login? Is there some reason why it doesn't do this already (or at
> least offer the option)?
> 
> How has anyone else dealt with this? Thank you very much.
> 
> kevin
> 
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