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2001 Jan 16
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ssh drops privs when it can't find ~/.ssh/prng_seed
..., using rhosts authentication, entropy.c drops the privs in
prng_write_seedfile() at the setuid(original_uid) line (line 550,
approx):
void
prng_write_seedfile(void) {
int fd;
char seed[1024];
char filename[1024];
struct passwd *pw;
/* Don't bother if we have already saved a seed */
if (prng_seed_saved)
return;
setuid(original_uid);
/* ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ***HERE*** */
prng_seed_saved = 1;
pw = getpwuid(original_uid);
if (pw == NULL)
fatal("Couldn't get password entry for current user (%i): %s",
original_uid, strerror(errno));
/* Try to ensure that...