From e31dd6c7d0faa7a06d3ebd50a0b6957b9f822d15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2019 18:13:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pam_tty_audit: Manual page clarification about password
logging
* modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml: Explanation why passwords
can be sometimes logged even when the option is not set.
---
modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
diff --git a/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml b/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
index 59a3406..e346c68 100644
--- a/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
+++ b/modules/pam_tty_audit/pam_tty_audit.8.xml
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@
greater than or equal to <replaceable>min_uid</replaceable> will be
matched.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Please note that passwords in some circumstances may be logged by TTY auditing
+ even if the <option>log_passwd</option> is not used. For example, all input to
+ an ssh session will be logged - even if there is a password being typed into
+ some software running at the remote host because only the local TTY state
+ affects the local TTY auditing.
+ </para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 id='pam_tty_audit-examples'>
--
2.20.1