[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#425944: "cupsdCallPamAuthHelper" is a Debian bug!
Roger Leigh
rleigh at whinlatter.ukfsn.org
Sat Jul 14 16:39:36 UTC 2007
Kurt Pfeifle <k1pfeifle at gmx.net> writes:
> @Debian's CUPS-Patchers: What about properly closing the pipes again
> your (seetuid root!) helper utility opened?
>
> I'm still failing to see where the printing and CUPS-related wisdom of
> the Debian packagers is superior to the one living in the brains of the
> CUPS upstream developers.
While I can't comment upon the quality of the patch in question, PAM
is used for systemwide authentication and authorisation for all
services on Debian systems, and this must include CUPS.
Regards,
Roger
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