The following entry added to /etc/security/group.conf cannot be parsed and causes the following error: pam_group(sshd:setcred): field too long - ignore.
#
# End of group.conf file
#
# Added by Google Compute Engine OS Login.
sshd;*;*;Al0000-2400;video
The issue is that linux-pam (1.5.3-5ubuntu5.1) doesn't expect that there is more content after the EOF comment block, or to be more precise, that entries aren't terminated by a newline character.
$ xxd /etc/security/group.conf | tail -n5
00000e30: 0a23 0a0a 2320 4164 6465 6420 6279 2047 .#..# Added by G
00000e40: 6f6f 676c 6520 436f 6d70 7574 6520 456e oogle Compute En
00000e50: 6769 6e65 204f 5320 4c6f 6769 6e2e 0a73 gine OS Login..s
00000e60: 7368 643b 2a3b 2a3b 416c 3030 3030 2d32 shd;*;*;Al0000-2
00000e70: 3430 303b 7669 6465 6f 400;video
I've noticed that there was some back and forth regarding this newline at the end in #520 and #523. Could you please revisit this once more? Thank you.
The following entry added to
/etc/security/group.confcannot be parsed and causes the following error:pam_group(sshd:setcred): field too long - ignore.The issue is that linux-pam (1.5.3-5ubuntu5.1) doesn't expect that there is more content after the EOF comment block, or to be more precise, that entries aren't terminated by a newline character.
I've noticed that there was some back and forth regarding this newline at the end in #520 and #523. Could you please revisit this once more? Thank you.