Package: libpam-runtime Version: 0.79-4 For hal/dbus to know if the request for action is coming from a user on the console (aka in front of the machine), a method to discover this is required. In Redhat the pam_console module is used for this, but it has a few race conditions. In Ubuntu the pam_foreground module is used for this. It do not have the race problems, and seem like a better implementation of the same idea.
Getting hal/dbus to properly handle at_console access checks was requried for Debian Edu, and we implemented this by installing the libpam-foreground package and modifying /etc/pam.d/common-session to make it an optional module. The result should look like this: session optional pam_foreground.so session required pam_unix.so The change from the current default is the extra pam_foreground.so line. Please make this the default configuration for pam. If the libpam-foreground is missing, the pam config will still work, and the only negative effect will be that the at_console access check isn't working. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
