[bug#53468] [RFC PATCH] gnu: linux-pam: Change path to unix_chkpwd helper.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Hi!

Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in> skribis:

> From ad876e5b134072601fa97d82a39b320a269f34a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Andrew Tropin <andrew@trop.in>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 21:41:58 +0300
> Subject: [RFC PATCH v2] gnu: linux-pam: Change path to unix_chkpwd helper.
>
> * gnu/packages/patches/change-path-to-unix_chkpwd.patch: New file
> * gnu/packages/linux.scm (linux-pam): Add patch.
> * gnu/system/pam.scm (pam-root-service-type): Add unix_chkpwd to setuid
> binaries.

[...]

> +     DIAG_PUSH_IGNORE_CAST_QUAL;
> +-    execve(CHKPWD_HELPER, (char *const *) args, envp);
> ++    execve("/run/setuid-programs/unix_chkpwd", (char *const *) args, envp);
> +     DIAG_POP_IGNORE_CAST_QUAL;

Looks reasonable to me.  However, could you change the CHKPWD_HELPER
macro definition in the Makefile template, as you suggested, instead of
patching the file?

Thanks!

Ludo’.