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-rw-r--r--options.h13
-rw-r--r--svr-auth.c9
-rw-r--r--svr-authpasswd.c28
3 files changed, 26 insertions, 24 deletions
diff --git a/options.h b/options.h
index d309ab4..73689ad 100644
--- a/options.h
+++ b/options.h
@@ -158,10 +158,11 @@ much traffic. */
/* Authentication Types - at least one required.
RFC Draft requires pubkey auth, and recommends password */
-/* Note: PAM auth is quite simple, and only works for PAM modules which just do
+/* Note: PAM auth is quite simple and only works for PAM modules which just do
* a simple "Login: " "Password: " (you can edit the strings in svr-authpam.c).
- * It's useful for systems like OS X where standard password crypts don't work,
- * but there's an interface via a PAM module - don't bother using it otherwise.
+ * It's useful for systems like OS X where standard password crypts don't work
+ * but there's an interface via a PAM module. It won't work for more complex
+ * PAM challenge/response.
* You can't enable both PASSWORD and PAM. */
#define ENABLE_SVR_PASSWORD_AUTH
@@ -175,6 +176,12 @@ much traffic. */
#define ENABLE_SVR_PUBKEY_OPTIONS
#endif
+/* Define this to allow logging in to accounts that have no password specified.
+ * Public key logins are allowed for blank-password accounts regardless of this
+ * setting. PAM is not affected by this setting, it uses the normal pam.d
+ * settings ('nullok' option) */
+/* #define ALLOW_BLANK_PASSWORD */
+
#define ENABLE_CLI_PASSWORD_AUTH
#define ENABLE_CLI_PUBKEY_AUTH
#define ENABLE_CLI_INTERACT_AUTH
diff --git a/svr-auth.c b/svr-auth.c
index 87e3c5e..de254ea 100644
--- a/svr-auth.c
+++ b/svr-auth.c
@@ -249,15 +249,6 @@ static int checkusername(unsigned char *username, unsigned int userlen) {
return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
}
- /* check for an empty password */
- if (ses.authstate.pw_passwd[0] == '\0') {
- TRACE(("leave checkusername: empty pword"))
- dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "User '%s' has blank password, rejected",
- ses.authstate.pw_name);
- send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
- return DROPBEAR_FAILURE;
- }
-
TRACE(("shell is %s", ses.authstate.pw_shell))
/* check that the shell is set */
diff --git a/svr-authpasswd.c b/svr-authpasswd.c
index a29fd63..54b4889 100644
--- a/svr-authpasswd.c
+++ b/svr-authpasswd.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ void svr_auth_password() {
char * passwdcrypt = NULL; /* the crypt from /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow */
char * testcrypt = NULL; /* crypt generated from the user's password sent */
unsigned char * password;
+ int success_blank = 0;
unsigned int passwordlen;
unsigned int changepw;
@@ -60,16 +61,6 @@ void svr_auth_password() {
passwdcrypt = DEBUG_HACKCRYPT;
#endif
- /* check for empty password - need to do this again here
- * since the shadow password may differ to that tested
- * in auth.c */
- if (passwdcrypt[0] == '\0') {
- dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "User '%s' has blank password, rejected",
- ses.authstate.pw_name);
- send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
- return;
- }
-
/* check if client wants to change password */
changepw = buf_getbool(ses.payload);
if (changepw) {
@@ -85,7 +76,21 @@ void svr_auth_password() {
m_burn(password, passwordlen);
m_free(password);
- if (strcmp(testcrypt, passwdcrypt) == 0) {
+ /* check for empty password */
+ if (passwdcrypt[0] == '\0') {
+#ifdef ALLOW_BLANK_PASSWORD
+ if (passwordlen == 0) {
+ success_blank = 1;
+ }
+#else
+ dropbear_log(LOG_WARNING, "User '%s' has blank password, rejected",
+ ses.authstate.pw_name);
+ send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
+ return;
+#endif
+ }
+
+ if (success_blank || strcmp(testcrypt, passwdcrypt) == 0) {
/* successful authentication */
dropbear_log(LOG_NOTICE,
"Password auth succeeded for '%s' from %s",
@@ -99,7 +104,6 @@ void svr_auth_password() {
svr_ses.addrstring);
send_msg_userauth_failure(0, 1);
}
-
}
#endif