pam_get_data / pam_set_data does not work if used if sshd

[Darren Tucker]

Kala B wrote:
> I have a PAM module which I use with /etc/pam.d/sshd. I do a
> pam_set_data() in the auth stack and do a pam_get_data() in the
> open_session call. But pam_get_data() returns "No module specific data
> is present". The same module when used with say, /etc/pam.d/login
> works fine. I checked that the pamhandle is the same. So, ideally it
> should contain the data.
> 
> Is this problem specific to sshd or PAM? 

A bit of both.  PAM's API forces sshd to do contortions to support the 
keyboard-interactive auth type, and this is part of the fallout.  See:
http://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688

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