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2003 Oct 28
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[Bug 749] Connection is dropped for invalid user
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Priority: P2
Component: sshd
AssignedTo: openssh-bugs at mindrot.org
ReportedBy: Heinrich.Mislik at univie.ac.at
If connecting to a server with an illegal userid und an rsa1 key, the connection
is dropped immediatly. Normaly, a wrong username will stay in the auth_loop and
keep requesting authentication from the user. The reason is in auth-rsa.c in
line 293:
/* no user given */
if (pw == NULL)
return 0;
Invalid users nolonger are passwd as NULL-pointers, a faked pw struct is used
instead. This results in a call to temporarily_us...