tags 369395 pending thanks On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 03:45:21PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: > On Mon, 29 May 2006, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > > since the LC_* settings were moved from /etc/environment to > > /etc/default/locale pam_env no longer reads and sets them. > > See /usr/share/doc/locales/NEWS.Debian.gz for more information. > > Perhaps the pam_env settings in /etc/pam.d/ssh should be changed to take > > this into account. > > /etc/pam.d/login is reading /etc/default/locale in addition to > > /etc/environment and could be used as an example. > > Indeed. Since this is a regression from sarge (as user are instructed to > remove the LANG=* setting from /etc/environment), I believe the PAM > configuration of ssh needs to be changed to match the configuration > of login. > > Here's a patch for /etc/pam.d/ssh: [...] > BTW, the pam documentation mentions pam_env as providing "auth-level" service > but most packages put it in the session module which looks like logical. > So I change that here as well. > > If there's a rationale for using auth, feel free to change it back.
I know this isn't the best of reasons, but precisely because I'm not sure why we use auth, I'd rather leave it as it is. Thanks for the patch; I've applied something similar in CVS. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]