** Patch added: "fix-quote-expansion.patch"
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/krb5-appl/+bug/251795/+attachment/2164419/+files/fix-quote-expansion.patch
** Tags added: patch
** Changed in: krb5 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided => Low
** Changed in: krb5-appl (Ubuntu)
Importance:
Reading the code as suggested by Sam, I see that everything after "="
and before a newline is copied into the environment using 'setenv()'. So
no quote expansion is done. I'm not sure what the fix is, but there's
certainly the possibility that programs will misinterpret this. I'm
marking it as Conf
** Also affects: krb5-appl (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: krb5-appl (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
/etc/environment PATH should not have quotes
To manage notifi
So, fixing this particular bug in krb5-rsh-server is almost certainly
relatively easy. Fixing krb5-rsh-server to use PAM directly is more
involved; it should be done, but there is not a lot of resources going
into krb5-rsh-server and krb5-clients at the moment. Upstream split
these into the krb5-
This behavior has persisted in /etc/environment now for at least 3
years, with only one report of misbehavior as a result. I don't believe
it's worth the effort to try to correct this now and risk getting
inconsistent behavior on upgraded vs. newly-installed systems,
especially as pam_env, which o
