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pam-module: treat "cron" in PAM_TTY as empty tty
[elogind.git] / src / pam-module.c
index dd05f93d426ade6ddeea76a5b0d0cc5b3868fca4..46b7becc5d04480d7ea5ef79f5e61dc975620fb7 100644 (file)
@@ -463,6 +463,10 @@ _public_ PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_open_session(
                 if (isempty(display))
                         display = tty;
                 tty = "";
+        } else if (streq(tty, "cron")) {
+                /* cron has been setting PAM_TTY to "cron" for a very long time
+                 * and it cannot stop doing that for compatibility reasons. */
+                tty = "";
         }
 
         if (!isempty(cvtnr))
@@ -472,7 +476,7 @@ _public_ PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_open_session(
                 get_seat_from_display(display, &seat, &vtnr);
 
         type = !isempty(display) ? "x11" :
-                   !isempty(tty) ? "tty" : "other";
+                   !isempty(tty) ? "tty" : "unspecified";
 
         remote = !isempty(remote_host) && !streq(remote_host, "localhost") && !streq(remote_host, "localhost.localdomain");