Re: apache sys_auth_module on slink

["I. Forbes" <iforbes@zsd.co.za>]

Hello All

This is an update on my previous posting:

> Is anybody using Apache "sys_auth_module" on debian slink?

Firstly this is an Apache module called mod_auth_sys.so, it is 
supposed to authenticate from the system files.  It is not the 
standard mod_auth authentication module.

Secondly it is broken, as least as far as it occurs in this *.deb file:

> I have installed it from the package libapache_mod_auth_sys 
> version 1.10-4.1 deb file.  

I downloaded the source file for that *.deb and recompiled it.  It 
contains a source file mod_auth_sys.c.  I tried editing the line that 
reads:

/* If you use Shadowed Password-Files you should set
 * the Constant: SHADOW_PASSWORDS to 1
 */
#define SHADOW_PASSWORDS        1

and I changed it to

#define SHADOW_PASSWORDS        0

and I recompiled with dpkg-buildpackage, and installed the 
resulting *.deb file.

I ran "shadowconfig off" to switch off shadow passwords, and the 
module works!

If I run "shadowconfig on" it fails and logs an error message

> [Wed Jan 12 14:10:46 2000] [error] user ian password mismatch: 
/~ian

If I recompile with 

#define SHADOW_PASSWORDS        1

it fails with the error

> [Wed Jan 12 14:10:46 2000] [error] user ian not found: /~ian

irrespective of whether I run "shadowconfig on" or "shadowconfig 
off".

The trouble is I don't want to run without shadow passwords, and I 
don't know enough about how Debian handles shadow passwords, 
and in particular the functions getpwnam and getspnam, (or enough 
about C in fact) to fix this.  Can anybody help?

Thanks

Ian

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