[SSSD] [PATCH] Check cache_credentials in sysdb_cache_auth_send()

Stephen Gallagher sgallagh at redhat.com
Tue Jan 26 15:15:45 UTC 2010


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On 01/21/2010 10:00 AM, Sumit Bose wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> although it might be good practice to check cache_credentials before
> calling sysdb_cache_auth_send() I think it make sense to add it here,
> too. E.g. if someone forgets to check before calling
> sysdb_cache_auth_send() and for some reason the configuration is changed
> from cache_credentials=true to false. Then we might access some old chached
> passwords although it is expected that offline authentication does not
> work anymore.
> 
> bye,
> Sumit
> 


I'm not sure this is a good idea, unless you want to force
provider=local domains to have cache_credentials=true. Right now, this
will break authentication against the LOCAL domain if cache_credentials
is not set.

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