(RADIATOR) radiator 3.6 - patch for "Group" configuration parameter

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Randy -

Many thanks for sending us the patch.

Mike is away for a week or so, but he will look at it when he returns.

regards

Hugh


On Thursday, Jul 3, 2003, at 11:19 Australia/Melbourne, Brown, Randy 
wrote:

> As received, Radiator 3.6 does not allow the effective gid of the 
> radiusd process to be set using a symbolic group name. Only a numeric 
> gid works. Here is a patch to fix:
>
> *** radiusd-	Thu Jul  3 00:30:42 2003
> --- radiusd	Thu Jul  3 00:31:39 2003
> ***************
> *** 495,501 ****
>       if (defined $config->{Group})
>       {
>   	my $gid = $config->{Group};
> ! 	$gid = (getpwnam($config->{Group}))[2]
>   	    if ($config->{Group} !~ /^\d+$/);
>   	if (defined $gid)
>   	{
> --- 495,501 ----
>       if (defined $config->{Group})
>       {
>   	my $gid = $config->{Group};
> ! 	$gid = (getgrnam($config->{Group}))[2]
>   	    if ($config->{Group} !~ /^\d+$/);
>   	if (defined $gid)
>   	{
>
> ---
> Randy Brown
> Principal Security Engineer
> Cable & Wireless
> www.cw.com
>
> email		randy.brown at cw.com
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NB: have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?

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