address@hidden: Bug#108164: rlogin does not work for non-root]

[Marcus Brinkmann]

Hi,

Here a bug reported to the Debian BTS by a fellow Hurd developer.

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Subject: Bug#108164: rlogin does not work for non-root
Reply-To: Neal H Walfield <address@hidden>, address@hidden
From: Neal H Walfield <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden

Package: inetutils
Version: 1.3.2-9

rlogin does not work for non-root users.

Normally, rlogin attempts to connect to the server using a
port < IPPORT_RESERVED so that, if configured correctly, the rlogin
server will not prompt for a password.  If the rlogin client fails to
bind to a port < IPPORT_RESERVED (as it will for all non-root users), it
will attempt to connect using a port >= IPPORT_RESERVED.  inetutils
fails to do this.  I have confirmed that inetutils' version of rlogin
shows the same behavior when running under GNU/Linux:

        address@hidden:~/inetutils-1.3.2/rlogin (0)$ ./rlogin localhost
        rcmd: socket: Permission denied
        address@hidden:~/inetutils-1.3.2/rlogin (1)$ sudo ./rlogin \
        > localhost
        Password:
        Last login: Fri Aug  3 ...
        [snip]
        address@hidden:~$

Using the rlogin supplied with GNU/Linux reveals the expected behavior:

        address@hidden:~/inetutils-1.3.2/rlogin (1)$ rlogin localhost
        Password:
        Last login: Fri Aug  3 ...
        [snip]
        address@hidden:~$

I have confirmed that this is the latest version of inetutils available
at ftp.gnu.org.

Thanks.




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