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Compile with + -DSHADOW_PWD if you have <shadow.h>. This is on by default. + By Marek Michalkiewicz <marekm@i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl>. + Changed the wtmp locking scheme in login.c,agetty.c,simpleinit.c + to flock() /etc/wtmplock instead of the wtmp file directly. + This avoids a denial of service attack. + Some support for the RB-1 Cryptocard token for challenge/response + authentication. This needs a DES library, either Eric Young's + libdes, or the Koontz implementation, see cryptocard.c. + Initial support patch by Randolph Bentson, + <bentson@grieg.seaslug.org> + Changed getpass() to use fputs() instead of fprintf(). + +Version 1.44 (13-Nov-96): + Made isapty() in checktty.c more resilient to 2.0 systems + that haven't re-MAKEDEV'ed their pty devices. + +Version 1.43 (8-Nov-96): + Fix to checktty.c: PTY's are numbered differently after 1.3, + blush! Fix by Gerhard Schneider <gs@ilfb.tuwien.ac.at> + +Version 1.42c (6-Nov-96): + Small fix by Gabriel M. Schuyler <schuyler@easiest.com>, to get + better syslog messages (1 LOGIN FAILURE instead of 2 LOGIN FAILURES). + Patch butchered by me. + +Version 1.42b (30-Sep-96): + Got patch for checktty.c from Christoph Lameter + <clameter@miriam.fuller.edu> so it doesn't traverse the groupfile + "manually" but uses the getgroups() call, this is more efficient + with large groupfiles and NIS/YP. + +Version 1.42a (24-Sep-96): + Added extra syslog() call to login.c to log all good logins. + Patch from Steve Philp. + +Version 1.41 (20-Jul-96): + Added security fix to checktty.c by JDS to clear certain lists. + Patches butchered and ANSI'fied by me. + Added -n option to agetty to avoid the login prompt. + +Version 1.40a (29-Dec-95): + Added -f <issue_file> option to agetty. Patches from Eric Rasmussen + <ear@usfirst.org>, but somewhat butchered by me. + +Version 1.39 (25-Oct-95): + Lots of testing and bugfixes in agetty. Now the modem init stuff + should finally work (for me). Also wrote modem.agetty as an example + on how to use agetty with a modem. + Agetty now also supports baud rates of 38400, 57600, 115200 and + 230400 bps. + +Version 1.37 (15-Sep-95): + Added -I <initstring> and -w options to agetty.c for those that + use agetty with modems. + +Version 1.36 (25-Aug-95): + Enhanced /etc/usertty features with group support. Moved this part + of login.c to checktty.c. One can now define classes of hosts and + ttys and do access checking based on unix-group membership. See + login.1. Also time ranges for logins can be specified, for example + writing the line + + joe [mon:tue:wed:thu:fri:8-16]@barracuda [mon:tue:wed:thu:fri:0-7:17-23]@joes.pc.at.home [sat:sun:0-23]@joes.pc.at.home + + says that during working hours, Joe may rlogin from the host + barracuda, whereas outside working hours and in weekends Joe may + rlogin from his networked PC at home. + + login.c: failures was not properly initialized, it now is. Also + made sure ALL failures are really logged to syslog. + +Version 1.35 (7-Aug-95): + login.c: Much improved features for the usertty file, allows + access control based on both hostnames/addresses and line. See the + about.usertty file and the man-page. + + Fixed agetty so it doesn't fiddle with the ut_id field in the + utmp record, this should prevent growing utmps on systems with + more than 10 login lines. Fix suggested and checked by Alan Wendt + <alan@ezlink.com> in his agetty.1.9.1a. + + Agetty now installs as agetty again, not as getty. + Updated man-page for login(1) to document /etc/usertty changes. + + This has been tested on Linux 1.2.5 with GCC 2.5.8 and libc 4.5.26. + +Version 1.33a (20-Jun-95): + rchatfie@cavern.nmsu.edu ("rc.") suggested that I should remove + the #ifndef linux around the special logging of dial-up + logins. This is now done, so each login via a serial port + generates a separate DIALUP syslog entry. + +Version 1.33 (5-Jun-95): + Patch by Ron Sommeling <sommel@sci.kun.nl> and + jlaiho@ichaos.nullnet.fi (Juha Laiho) for agetty.c, used + to return a pointer to an automatic variable in get_logname(). + Many patches from or via Rickard Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu>, fixing + man-pages etc, now defaults to using /var/log/wtmp and /var/run/utmp + according to the new FSSTND. + + Fix in login.c for CPU eating bug when a remote telnet client dies + while logging in. + + This is for Linux 1.2, GCC 2.6.2 or later. + +Version 1.32b (12-Mar-95): + Login now sets the tty group to "tty" instead of "other". Depending + on compile-time define USE_TTY_GROUP the tty mode is set to 0620 or + 0600 instead of 0622. All as per suggestion by Rik Faith and the + linux-security list. + Write/wall now strips control chars except BEL (\007). Again after + suggestion by Rik Faith. + +Version 1.32a + Urgent security patch from Alvaro M. Echevarria incorporated into + login.c. This is really needed on machines running YP until + the libraries are fixed. + +Version 1.32 + Login now logs the ip-address of the connecting host to utmp as it + should. + +Version 1.31b (2-Feb-95): + Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@yggdrasil.com> and Ross Biro + <biro@yggdrasil.com> suggested a patch to login.c that allows for + shell scripts in the shell field of /etc/passwd, so one can now + have (as a line in /etc/passwd): + bye::1000:1000:Outlogger:/bin:echo Bye + Logging in as "bye" with no password simply echoes Bye on the screen. + This has applications for pppd/slip. + +Version 1.31a (28-Oct-94): + Scott Telford provided a patch for simpleinit, so executing reboot + from singleuser mode won't partially execute /etc/rc before + the reboot. + +Version 1.30 (17-Sep-94): + tobias@server.et-inf.fho-emden.de (Peter Tobias) has made a more + advanced hostname command that understands some options such as + -f for FQDN etc. I'll not duplicate his work. Use his hostname + package if you wish. + + svm@kozmix.xs4all.nl (Sander van Malssen) provided more features + for the /etc/issue file in agetty. \U and \u now expand to the + number of current users. + + It is now possible to state the value of TERM on the agetty command + line. This was also provided by Sander. + + This has been built under Linux 1.1.42 with gcc 2.5.8 and libc 4.5.26. + +Version 1.29 (18-Aug-94): + Finally got around to making a real version after the numerous + alpha versions of 1.28. Scott Telford <st@epcc.ed.ac.uk> provided + a patch for write(1) to make it look more like BSD write. + + Fixed login so that the .hushlogin feature works even with real + protective users mounted via NFS (ie. where root can't access + the user's .hushlogin file). + + Cleaned up the code to make -Wall bearable. + +Version 1.28c (21-Jul-94): + Rik Faith reminded me that agetty should use the syslog + facility. It now does. + +Version 1.28b (30-May-94): + On suggestion from Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@suite.sw.oz.au> + I added -- as option delimiter on args passed from agetty to + login. Fixes -froot hole for other login programs. The login + program in this package never had that hole. + +Version 1.28a (16-May-94): + bill@goshawk.lanl.gov provided a couple of patches, one fixing + terminal setup in agetty, and reboot is now supposed to be + in /sbin according to FSSTND. + +Version 1.27 (10-May-94): + Changed login.c, so all bad login attempts are logged, and added + usertty security feature. See about.usertty for an explanation. + There's no longer a limit of 20 chars in the TERM environment + variable. Suggested by Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no> + + Added #ifdef HAVE_QUOTA around quota checks. Enable them if + you have quota stuff in your libraries and kernel. + Also re-enabled set/getpriority() calls as we now have them, + and have had for a long time... + + Now wtmp is locked and unlocked around writes to avoid mangling. + Due to Jaakko Hyv{tti <HYVATTI@cc.helsinki.fi>. + + Wrt. agetty: A \o in /etc/issue now inserts the domainname, as + set by domainname(1). Sander van Malssen provided this. + This is being used under Linux 1.1.9 + + Beefed up the agetty.8 man-page to describe the /etc/issue + options. Added man-pages for wall, cage, who. + +Version 1.26 alpha (25-Apr-94): + Added patch from Bill Reynolds <bill@goshawk.lanl.gov> to + simpleinit, so it will drop into single user if /etc/rc + fails, eg. from fsck. + +Version 1.25 (9-Feb-94): + Agetty should now work with the Linux 0.99pl15a kernel. + ECHOCTL and ECHOPRT are no longer set in the termios struct. + Also made agetty accept both "tty baudrate" and "baudrate tty" + arguments. + +Version 1.24 (23-Jan-94): changes since 1.22 + Christian von Roques <roques@juliet.ka.sub.org> provided a patch + that cleans up the handling of the -L option on agetty. + Rik Faith <faith@cs.unc.edu> enhanced several man-pages... + +Version 1.23 (11-Dec-93): changes since 1.21 + Mitchum DSouza provided the hostid(1) code. It needs libc 4.4.4 or + later and a Linux 0.99.14 kernel or later. It can set and print + the world unique hostid of the machine. This may be used in + connection with commercial software licenses. God forbid! + I added the -v option, and munged the code a bit, so don't blame + Mitch if you don't like it. + + I made the "cage" program. Using this as a shell in the passwd + file, enables one to let users log into a chroot'ed environment. + For those that have modem logins and are concerned about security. + Read the source for further info. + + "who am i" now works. + + The login program works with Yellow Pages (aka NIS) simply by + linking with an appropriate library containing a proper version + of getpwnam() and friends. + +Version 1.21 (30-Oct-93): changes since 1.20 + In simpleinit.c: The boottime wtmp record is now written *after* + /etc/rc is run, to put a correct timestamp on it. + Daniel Thumim <dthumim@mit.edu> suggested this fix. + + The source and Makefile is prepared for optional installation of + binaries in /sbin instead of /etc, and logfiles in /usr/adm instead + of /etc. See and change the Makefile to suit your preferences. + Rik Faith and Stephen Tweedie inspired this change. + +Version 1.20 (30-Jul-93): changes since 1.17: + Versions 1.18 and 1.19 were never made publicly available. + Agetty now supports a -L switch that makes it force the CLOCAL flag. + This is useful if you have a local terminal attached with a partly + wired serial cable that does not pass on the Carrier Detect signal. + + There's a domainname program like the hostname program; contributed + by Lars Wirzenius. + + Simpleinit will now write a REBOOT record to wtmp on boot up. Time- + zone support is now optional in simpleinit. Both of these patches + were made by Scott Telford <st@epcc.ed.ac.uk>. + + This is for Linux 0.99.11 or later. + +Version 1.17 (19-May-93): changes since 1.16: + Login, simpleinit and write should now work with shadow passwords + too. See the Makefile. Thanks to Anders Buch who let me have an + account on his SLS based Linux box on the Internet, so I could test + this. I should also thank jmorriso@rflab.ee.ubc.ca (John Paul Morrison) + who sent me the shadow patch to login.c + +Version 1.16 (24-Apr-93): changes since 1.15a: + Simpleinit now clears the utmp entry associated with the pid's that + it reaps if there is one. A few are still using simpleinit and this + was a popular demand. It also appends an entry to wtmp + +Version 1.15a (15-Mar-93): changes since 1.13a: + junio@shadow.twinsun.com (Jun Hamano) sent me a one-line fix + for occasional mangled issue-output from agetty. + +Version 1.13a (2-Mar-93): changes since 1.12a: + With the new LILO (0.9), there are more than one possible arg + to init, so Werner Almesberger <almesber@bernina.ethz.ch> + suggested that a loop over argv[] was made in boot_single() in + simpleinit.c + +Version 1.12a (24-Feb-93): changes since 1.11: + This is for Linux 0.99.6 or later. Built with gcc 2.3.3 and libc4.2 + jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey) told me that the setenv("TZ",..) + in login.c did more harm than good, so I commented it out. + +Version 1.11a (16-Feb-93): changes since 1.9a: + This is for Linux 0.99.5 or later. + Anthony Rumble <arumble@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> made me avare that + the patches for vhangup() from Steven S. Dick didn't quite work, + so I changed it. + + Linus Torvalds provided another patch relating to vhangup, since + in newer Linuxen vhangup() doesn't really close all files, so we + can't just open the tty's again. + +Version 1.9a (18-Jan-93): changes since 1.8a: + Rick Faith sent me man-pages for most of the utilities in this + package. They are now included. + + Steven S. Dick <ssd@nevets.oau.org> sent me a patch for login.c + so DTR won't drop during vhangup() on a modemline. + + This is completely untested!! I haven't even had the time to + compile it yet. + +Version 1.8a (13-Dec-92): changes since 1.7: + This is for Linux 0.98.6 or later. Compiles with gcc2.2.2d7 and libc4.1 + + Bettered write/wall after fix from I forget who. Now wall can have + commandline args. + + Fixed bug in who.c + + Patched simpleinit.c with patch from Ed Carp, so it sets the timezone + from /etc/TZ. Should probably by be /etc/timezone. + + Sander Van Malssen <sander@kozmix.hacktic.nl> provided a patch + for getty, so it can understand certain escapecodes in /etc/issue. + + I hacked up a very simple substitute for a syslog() call, to try out + the logging. If you have a real syslog() and syslogd then use that! + + The special vhangup.c file is out, it's in the official libc by now. + (and even in the libc that I have :-) + + who, and write are now deprecated, get the better ones from one of + the GNU packages, shellutils I think. + + Some people think that the simple init provided in this package is too + spartan, if you think the same, then get the SYSV compatible init + from Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> + Simpleinit will probably be deprecated in the future. + +Version 1.7: 26-Oct-92 changes since 1.6: + This is for Linux 0.97PL4 or later. + + Thanks to Werner Almesberger, init now has support for a + singleuser mode. + + Login now supports the -h <hostname> option, used in connection + with TCP/IP. (rlogin/telnet) + + Getty writes an entry to /etc/wtmp when started, so last won't report + "still logged in" for tty's that have not been logged into since + the last user of that tty logged out. This patch was inspired by + Mitchum DSouza. To gain the full benefit of this, get the newest + last from the admutils-1.4.tar.Z package or later. + +Version 1.6 (29-Aug-92): changes since 1.5: + This is for Linux 0.97P1+ or later. + + Login now uses the newly implemented vhangup() sys-call, to prevent + snooping on the tty. + An alternative getpass() function is now provided with login, because + I was told that the old one in libc didn't work with telnet and + or rlogin. I don't have a network or a kernel with TCP/IP so I haven't + tested the new one with telnet, but it is derived from BSD sources + that are supposed to work with networking. + +Version 1.5 (12-Aug-92): changes since 1.4 + This is for Linux 0.97 or later, and has been built with gcc2.2.2 + + This release just puts in a few bugfixes in login.c and simpleinit.c + +Version 1.4 (4-Jul-92): changes since 1.3: + This is for Linux 0.96b, and has been built and tested with gcc 2.2.2. + + Init now handles the SIGINT signal. When init gets a SIGINT it will + call /usr/bin/reboot and thereby gently reboot the machine. This + makes sense because after Linux 0.96B-PL1 the key-combination + Ctrl-Alt-Del may send a SIGINT to init instead of booting the + machine the hard way without syncing or anything. + + You may want to get the admutils-1.1 package which includes a program + that will instruct the kernel to use the "gentle-reboot" procedure. + +Version 1.3 (14-Jun-92): changes since 1.2: + This is for Linux 0.96A. + + The ioctl(TIOCSWINSZ) has been removed from login.c because it now + works :-). + + login.c now supports a lastlog database. + + Several programs and pieces of source that were included in the 1.2 + package has been *removed* as they are incorporated into the new + libc. Other omitted parts such as last(1) has been replaced by + better versions, and can be found in the admutils package. + + Agetty is now called getty and will be placed in /etc. + + A few changes has been made to make it possible to compile the + stuff with GCC 2.x. + +Version 1.2 (28-Feb-92): changes since 1.1: + This is for Linux 0.12. + + A couple of problems with simpleinit.c has been solved, thanks to + Humberto Zuazaga. So now init groks comments in /etc/inittab, and + handles the HUP and TSTP signals properly. + + I added two small scripts to the distribution: users and mesg. + + TERM is now carried through from /etc/inittab all the way to the + shell. Console tty's are special-cased, so the termcap entry in + /etc/inittab is overridden by the setting given at boot-time. + This requires a different patch to the kernel than that distributed + with version 1.1 + + Login no more sends superfluous chars from a password to the + shell. It also properly prints a NL after the password. + + Agetty didn't set the erase character properly, it does now. + + A few extra defines has been added to utmp.h + + Several netters helped discover the bugs in 1.1. Thanks to them + all. + +Version 1.1 (released 19-Feb-92): Changes since 1.0: + A bug in simpleinit.c has been fixed, thanks to Pietro Castelli. + The definition of the ut_line field has been changed to track the + USG standard more closely, we now strip "/dev/" off the front. + Thanks to: Douglas E. Quale and Stephen Gallimore. + + I have added a getlogin.c library routine, and a write(1) command. + I removed the qpl-init stuff. If people want to use it, they should + get it from the source. I don't want to hack on it anymore. + + A couple of people reported problems with getty having problems + with serial terminals. That was correct. I borrowed a null-modem + from Tommy Thorn, and now the problems should be fixed. It seems + that there is kept a lot of garbage in the serial buffers, flush + them and it works like a charm. Getty does an ioctl(0, TCFLSH, 2) + for this. + + The write.c code now doubles as code for a wall(1) program. + +Description of the various files: + +login.c The login program. This is a portation of BSD login, first + to HP-UX 8.0 by Michael Glad (glad@daimi.aau.dk), and + to Linux (initially to 0.12) by me. + +agetty.c The getty program. From comp.sources.misc, by W.Z. Venema. + Hacked a bit by me. + +write.c A write(1) command, used to pass messages between users + at different terminals. This code doubles as code for + a wall(1) command. Make a symlink: /usr/bin/wall -> + /usr/bin/write for this. + +mesg A tiny shellscript, so you can avoid that other people write + to your shell. + +pathnames.h: + Header. + +Getty will print the contents of /etc/issue if it's present before asking +for username. Login will print the contents of /etc/motd after successful +login. Login doesn't print /etc/motd, and doesn't check for mail if +~/.hushlogin is present and world readable. + +If /etc/nologin is present then login will print its contents and disallow +any logins except root. +It might be a good idea to have a "rm -f /etc/nologin" line in one's +/etc/rc file. + +If /etc/securetty is present it defines which tty's that root can login on. + + - Peter (poe@daimi.aau.dk) |