On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:46:02 +0100
Sumit Bose <sbose(a)redhat.com> wrote:
Protecting a whole PAM task like authentication with a mutex can
lead
to DOS situation when a user logs into a threaded application with his
username but "forgets" to enter his password immediately because the
phone is ringing.
After discussing this point on IRC, moved the mutex to cover only
socket communication for the pam client.
New patch attached.
Simo.
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Simo Sorce * Red Hat, Inc * New York