[RANGER-2307] Native code can segfault or return misleading error messages

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.2.0
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.0
• Component/s: usersync
• Labels: native pam unix
• Flags: Patch
• Assignee: Zsombor Gegesy
• Reporter: Zsombor Gegesy
• Created: 07/Dec/18 09:53
• Updated: 14/Dec/18 14:37
• Resolved: 14/Dec/18 14:37

Description

Currently credValidator and pamCredValidator don't handle well configuration problems - when the user doesn't have permission to read /etc/shadow or access pam, or when the shadow file is not filled properly. This could cause 'core dumps', and hard to fix deployment issues