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From: Mark Bradshaw <bradshaw AT staff DOT crosswalk DOT com>
To: "'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject: RE: OpenSSH key auth causes invalid logon
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 09:11:49 -0400
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You're welcome.  Thanks for digging in further.  I realized later, after
re-reading my first email that I wasn't very clear in explaining what I
found.  :o(

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:corinna-cygwin AT cygwin DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 4:13 AM
> To: 'cygwin AT cygwin DOT com'
> Subject: Re: OpenSSH key auth causes invalid logon
> 
> Ok, auth methode "none" is actually implemented by calling
> auth_password().  Thinking about that, it makes sense.  And it's
> not invalid to enable that on Cygwin since it's a possible and
> legel case on 9x/Me systems.  I think I see what the problem is.
> On NT, the PermitEmptyPassword test in auth_password() is disabled.
> That's obviously incorrect.  I've no idea how long that code is
> already in OpenSSH.  Perhaps the core team changed that code
> slightly at one point and I didn't get that.  I'll propose the
> change to eliminate the special handling for NT.  This allows
> empty passwords only if PermitEmptyPassword is "yes" also on NT.
> That should solve your "none" problem as well.
> 
> Thanks for the report,
> Corinna
> 
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