Note that Suse login(1) does not use any default for HUSHLOGIN_FILE.
We use /etc/hushlogins and ~/.hushlogin as default.
The another difference is that *empty* global (e.g. /etc/hushlogins)
means that hushed mode will be enabled for all accounts.
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
login-utils/login.1 | 16 ++++++++++++++++
login-utils/login.c | 15 ++++++++++++++-
2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diff --git a/login-utils/login.1 b/login-utils/login.1
index cce4672..c72fcfa 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.1
+++ b/login-utils/login.1
@@ -158,7 +158,23 @@ then the ownership of the terminal is set to the user\'s primary group.
.SP
The \fBTTYGROUP\fR can be either the name of a group or a numeric group identifier.
.RE
+.PP
+\fBHUSHLOGIN_FILE\fR (string)
+.RS 4
+If defined, this file can inhibit all the usual chatter during the login
+sequence. If a full pathname (e.g. /etc/hushlogins) is specified, then hushed
+mode will be enabled if the user\'s name or shell are found in the file. If
+this global hush login file is empty then the hushed mode will be enabled for
+all users.
+
+If not a full pathname is specified, then hushed mode will be enabled if the
+file exists in the user\'s home directory.
+The default is to check "/etc/hushlogins" and if does not exist then
+"~/.hushlogin".
+
+If the \fBHUSHLOGIN_FILE\fR item is empty then all checks are disabled.
+.RE
.SH FILES
.nf
.I /var/run/utmp
diff --git a/login-utils/login.c b/login-utils/login.c
index 3d6d73a..0464a17 100644
--- a/login-utils/login.c
+++ b/login-utils/login.c
@@ -845,6 +845,8 @@ static int effective_access(const char *path, int mode)
*
* The ~/.hushlogin is ignored if the global hush file exists.
*
+ * The HUSHLOGIN_FILE login.def variable overwrites the default hush filename.
+ *
* Note that shadow-utils login(1) does not support "a1)". The "a1)" is
* necessary if you want to use PAM for "Last login" message.
*
@@ -862,13 +864,24 @@ static int effective_access(const char *path, int mode)
static int get_hushlogin_status(struct passwd *pwd)
{
const char *files[] = { _PATH_HUSHLOGINS, _PATH_HUSHLOGIN, NULL };
+ const char *file;
char buf[BUFSIZ];
int i;
+ file = getlogindefs_str("HUSHLOGIN_FILE", NULL);
+ if (file) {
+ if (!*file)
+ return 0; /* empty HUSHLOGIN_FILE defined */
+
+ files[0] = file;
+ files[1] = NULL;
+ }
+
for (i = 0; files[i]; i++) {
- const char *file = files[i];
int ok = 0;
+ file = files[i];
+
/* Global hush-file*/
if (*file == '/') {
struct stat st;
--
1.7.6.4
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