Bug#242119: ssh - password authentication never uses pam

[Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>]

severity 242119 normal
tags 242119 moreinfo
thanks

On Sun, Apr 04, 2004 at 11:21:08PM +0200, Bastian Blank wrote:
> Package: ssh
> Version: 1:3.8p1-2
> Severity: grave
> 
> password authentication always tries to read /etc/shadow and fails with 
> | error: Could not get shadow information for $user
> This breaks logins on system which uses pam for authentication.

Clearly not, since I use the default configuration and it works here, so
it's not broken for everyone. Please provide more information,
especially when trying to file grave bugs: relevant lines from
/var/log/auth.log and 'sshd -ddd' would be a good start.

Cheers,

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Colin Watson                                  [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]