Re: Bug#50441: telnetd: telnet sessions do not remove entry in /var/run/utmp after logout

To: thomas lakofski <thomas@88.net>, 50441@bugs.debian.org
Cc: xinetd@packages.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#50441: telnetd: telnet sessions do not remove entry in /var/run/utmp after logout
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:31:02 +1100
Message-id: <[🔎] 19991118103101.A8648@gondor.apana.org.au>
In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.991117231226.13190A-100000@oi>; from thomas@88.net on Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 11:13:23PM +0000
References: <19991118100929.B7518@gondor.apana.org.au> <Pine.LNX.3.96.991117231226.13190A-100000@oi>

reassign 50441 xinetd
quit

On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 11:13:23PM +0000, thomas lakofski wrote:
> 13299   103   103   103   103   103   103   103   103 in.telnetd: localhost

OK I think I know the problem.  xinetd is not setting the supplementary
groups of non-root users.  This makes it incompatible with inetd.  So the
correct fix is for xinetd to call setgroups for non-root users.
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