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From: Steve Grubb <sgrubb@redhat.com>
To: paul moore <paulmoore100@hotmail.com>
Cc: linux-audit@redhat.com
Subject: Re: (no subject)
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:46:07 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200704230946.07382.sgrubb@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BAY119-DAV43A55EBF5E63E4DC0C9358C550@phx.gbl>

On Friday 20 April 2007 20:24, paul moore wrote:
> A) sometimes as root I echo to /proc/self/loginuid and it is ignored. Why?

Show me an example.

> There is no error message

Not sure if '>' outputs error messages.

> B) always if I echo to /proc... as non root it is ignored (as it should be)
> but no message is generated; shouldn't it say EPERM?

Not sure the '>' outputs errors. You could strace it and see that the errno 
was returned and the shell did nothing with it.

> C) I put pam_loginuid in my gdm pam config but my xterm windows still have
> -1 in loginuid (I have rebooted)

How are you starting your xterm windows? If I use gnome terminal all is well. 
Even if I start an xterm window from it everything is still OK.

-Steve

  reply	other threads:[~2007-04-23 13:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <000301c78399$1924de30$656fa8c0@centrify.com>
2007-04-20 22:13 ` (no subject) paul moore
2007-04-20 23:32   ` Steve Grubb
     [not found]     ` <000701c783ab$6be710e0$656fa8c0@centrify.com>
2007-04-21  0:24       ` paul moore
2007-04-23 13:46         ` Steve Grubb [this message]
2008-01-12 13:45 Abhishek Gupta
2008-01-12 14:55 ` Steve Grubb
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2007-11-02 16:21 Bill Tangren
2007-08-18 17:02 Henning, Arthur C. (CSL)
2007-05-24 14:03 Kirkwood, David A.
2007-03-15 19:42 Kirkwood, David A.
2007-03-15 21:15 ` Bill Tangren
2006-05-03 17:21 Kirkwood, David A
2006-05-03 17:31 ` Steve Grubb

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