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Diffstat (limited to 'loginutils/login.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | loginutils/login.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/loginutils/login.c b/loginutils/login.c index 31b25a43e..ed2ab7f80 100644 --- a/loginutils/login.c +++ b/loginutils/login.c @@ -409,7 +409,9 @@ int login_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv) break; /* success, continue login process */ pam_auth_failed: - bb_error_msg("pam_%s call failed: %s (%d)", failed_msg, + /* syslog, because we don't want potential attacker + * to know _why_ login failed */ + syslog(LOG_WARNING, "pam_%s call failed: %s (%d)", failed_msg, pam_strerror(pamh, pamret), pamret); safe_strncpy(username, "UNKNOWN", sizeof(username)); #else /* not PAM */ |