Re: reiser4 problem with pam_mktemp

["Vladimir V. Saveliev" <vs@namesys.com>]

Hello

sergey ivanov wrote:
> Hi Vladimir,
> pam_mktemp can work on filesystem which does not support ext2's file attributes.
> For example, it works well on tmpfs.
> For pam_mktemp to recognize the case and work without attributes, 
> the filesystem should return 'ENOTTY' (Inappropriate ioctl for device) 
> as a result of an setting/getting attributes call, as it tmpfs does. 
> But reiser4 returns 'ENOSYS' (Function not implemented).
> Will you accept patch changing this code to 'ENOTTY'?

yes

> 	Sergey
> 
> Vladimir V. Saveliev wrote:
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> 
>>Hello
>>
>>sergey ivanov wrote:
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>>>I have a problem with reiser4.
>>>Recently I have installed Altlinux Compact-rc2 on reiserfs (v3.6),
>>>patched kernel 2.6.12 with patch 2.6.12-mm2, created new reiser4
>>>partition hda6 and copied by #cp -ax / /mnt/hda6 there. Fixed /etc/fstab
>>>and /boot/grub for new partition and booted. And could not login, with
>>>messages in virtual consoles :
>>>---
>>>
>>>pam_tcb[8386]:  login: Authentication passed for root from (uid=0)
>>>Login incorrect
>>>---
>>>So I rebooted in original on reiserfs 3.6, edited
>>>/mnt/hda6/etc/inittab to change one of "/sbin/mingetty tty6" to be
>>>"/bin/bash" and after reboot to reiser4 based system saw, that the
>>>problem in pam_mktemp, by commenting out string # account  required 
>>>pam_mktemp.so
>>>in file /etc/pam.d/system_auth the problem get fixed. Also it get
>>>fixed if I create some non-reiser4 partition to place /tmp on it.
>>>
>>
>>Thanks for the report.
>>The problem is that reiser4 does not support ext2's file attributes
>>pam_mktemp deals with.
>>
>>Maybe reiser4 should have support for that like reiserfs, but now it
>>does not.
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