Bug 123

Summary:	ssh linked with libpam
Product:	Portable OpenSSH	Reporter:	Pavel Kankovsky <peak>
Component:	ssh	Assignee:	Tim Rice <tim>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	minor
Priority:	P2
Version:	-current
Hardware:	ix86
OS:	Linux

Description Pavel Kankovsky 2002-02-21 09:11:21 AEDT

When you run configure with --with-pam, all programs, including ssh and other
client progs, are linked with libpam. This is pointless because only sshd needs
PAM, and it can become a real (albeit minor) problem if libpam is linked
dynamically because the resulting binaries will not work without libpam.so.N
even if they do not use it. My autoconf wizardry level is not high enough to
provide a real patch but I suppose one should add a special AC_SUBST for libpam,
change the action of AC_CHECK_LIB(pam, pam_set_item, , ...) to modify this
special variable (rather than LIBS) and add this subst to sshd's rule in
Makefile.in.

Comment 1 Tim Rice 2002-02-26 16:58:03 AEDT

I've addressed this bug (and several others) in modifications i'm in
the process of testing now. If all my machines build OK I'll commit in
the morning.

Comment 2 Tim Rice 2002-03-09 04:37:00 AEDT

Fixed 26 Feb 2002

Comment 3 Damien Miller 2004-04-14 12:24:18 AEST

Mass change of RESOLVED bugs to CLOSED