[Bug 481854] Re: pam_motd patch to show /etc/legal fails to set flag

[Steve Langasek]

This bug has been fixed in later versions of pam_motd as a side effect
of fixing CVE-2010-0832.

** CVE added: http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-
bin/cvename.cgi?name=2010-0832

** Changed in: pam (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  pam_motd patch to show /etc/legal fails to set flag

Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  The annoying patch added to pam_motd to show /etc/legal on first login
  tries to create a file in the user's home directory.

  On systems where the home directories are NOT accessible by root (i.e.
  nfs-mounted with root-squashing or kerberos) that fails, and the
  annoying legalese is shown every time one logs in.