hi again, On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 02:58, Jenn Vesperman wrote: > On Wed, 2002-03-20 at 11:38, m96 wrote: > > hi, > > > > i just wanted to know why the xstrdup function is not useable. it's > > documented in the pam app dev doc. and the source file exists but there > > is no such function entry in pam_misc.h file or in any other header. > > Documentation bug that I haven't gotten around to filing. > > x_strdup exists in pam_misc and appears to be the correct function. but x_strdup is just macro on 'libpam/include/security/_pam_macros.h' but there is also an unused xstrdup function 'libpam_misc/xstrdup.c' because x_strdup points just to the original strdup function. since i don't know the difference between the original strdup of glibc and xstrdup i also can't tell if xstrdup is more secure. but there must be a reason that andrew wrote it.... > > There's another docs bug with PAM_NEW_AUTHTOK_REQD, aka > PAM_AUTHTOKEN_REQD. (or rather, these appear to be synonyms.) > > If you want to file the bugs, please do. If not, I'll get around to it > one day. :) is there a bug report page? for documentation and pam source (pam-cvs.sf.net ?) ? > > Once they're properly filed, the maintainer (Andrew Morgan?) can > actually correct them. > > > > Jenn V. > -- > "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture > you miss out on by being a geek?" - Dancer. > > jenn@anthill.echidna.id.au http://anthill.echidna.id.au/~jenn/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Pam-list@redhat.com > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/pam-list > -- regards, m96.
