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lutel
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:48 am    Post subject: After latest update of shadow, can't su - anymore Reply with quote

Hello

After recent update to [ebuild R ] sys-apps/shadow-4.11.1:0/4::gentoo USE="acl nls pam (split-usr) xattr -audit -bcrypt -cracklib (-selinux) -skey -su" 0 KiB

I can't su anymore to root. The /etc/pam.d/other exist

Code:
auth      required   pam_deny.so
account      required   pam_deny.so
password      required   pam_deny.so
session       required   pam_deny.so


/var/log/security
Code:

2022-01-26 08:43:53 mail su pam_unix(su-l:session): session closed for user xxxx
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su (to xxxx) root on pts/2
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su pam_unix(su-l:session): session opened for user xxxx(uid=2215) by root(uid=0)
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su PAM _pam_init_handlers: no default config other
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su PAM error reading PAM configuration file
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su PAM pam_start: failed to initialize handlers
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su FAILED SU (to root) xxxx on pts/2
2022-01-26 08:43:55 mail su PAM pam_end: NULL pam handle passed
2022-01-26 08:44:02 mail su pam_unix(su-l:session): session closed for user xxxx
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

You have to rebuild sys-apps/shadow-4.11.1 with USE=su and sys-apps/util-linux-2.37.3 with USE=-su.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 10:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tuxilla wrote:
You have to rebuild sys-apps/shadow-4.11.1 with USE=su and sys-apps/util-linux-2.37.3 with USE=-su.


Other way around. build util-linux with su and shadow with -su.

Quote:
sys-apps/util-linux: enable su by default

shadow 4.10+ is deprecating 'su', so we're switching
to util-linux's implementation by default.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 11:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

https://bugs.gentoo.org/832092
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tuxilla wrote:
You have to rebuild sys-apps/shadow-4.11.1 with USE=su and sys-apps/util-linux-2.37.3 with USE=-su.

That's the way things are set here...
Before switching su USE, bumping here to make sure I'm not mistaking something.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

After reading the above bug report (dated 26 jan 2022), I decided to postpone rebuild since it seems my switch would also require util-linux to USE=suid for equivalent feature(?).
Feeling a little unconfortable here... :roll:

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 4:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

My USE flag for sys-apps/util-linux has been "-suid" and momentarily "-su -suid". So I'm still feeling comfortable.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

shadow[su] allows user to go root here.
util-linux[su,suid] seems required to allow the same.
It will bring additional features to non root such as mount which shadow[su] doesn't allows here.
Can't tell about wall/write, since I never used it, iirc.

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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

suid USE on sys-apps/util-linux is nothing to be feared.

By default, it only adds to mount. With su USE, su also is set with it. If tty-helpers USE, wall and write also get suid.

These apps generally need it so please don't remove it.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

grknight,
Nice clarification.
util-linux[su -suid] would prevent to
Code:
su -
from non root GUI env to perform maintenance, i.e. to install via emerge, iiuc.

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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

As far as size is concerned:
Code:
luc@amd64 ~ $ ll /bin/su
-rws--x--x 1 root root 41512 janv. 26 07:36 /bin/su [shadow no-lto]
luc@amd64 ~ $ ll /bin/su
-rws--x--x 1 root root 52144 janv. 26 21:32 /bin/su [util-linux lto]
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USE="-* ..." in /etc/portage/make.conf here, i.e. a countermeasure to portage implicit braces, belt & diaper paradigm
LT: "I've been doing a passable imitation of the Fontana di Trevi, except my medium is mucus. Sooo much mucus. "
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 26, 2022 7:31 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

util-linux 'su -' echoes previous login timestamp:
Code:
Dernière connexion : mercredi 26 janvier 2022 à 22:23:34 EAT sur pts/3
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