Re: your mail

Why change this?

On Wed, 2 Nov 2005, Cornel Izbasa wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've noticed that ssh always opens /etc/passwd
> on my Linux box before parsing command line options, and so the file is
> opened even if the user is afterward presented with the usage and the
> program ends.
> So, this snippet in OpenSSH-4.2p1,
> ssh.c: 219
> /* Get user data. */
> pw = getpwuid(original_real_uid);
> if (!pw) {
> logit("You don't exist, go away!");
> exit(1);
> }
> /* Take a copy of the returned structure. */
> pw = pwcopy(pw);
>
> should probably be moved after options scanning, for example at
> ssh: 515, after:
> /* Check that we got a host name. */
> if (!host)
> usage();
>
> I tested this and nothing seems to be broken by it. I can submit a patch
> if it is wanted.
>
> Cornel
>
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