Request for mtrace_setpath
In debugging and profiling PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules) modules for
memory leaks in linux, mtrace cannot access environment variables as these do
not exist until the authentication completes (e.g. /etc/environment . The
MALLOC_TRACE path can only be supplied as an environment variable. Please add a
feature to allow the passing of a trace path to mtrace. The module workaround
is to add putenv("MALLOC_TRACE=/var/log/mypammemleak.log");
Globally changing the linux environment values to trace a security module
should not be an answer.
Please consider adding a mtrace_setpath(const char* path);
Note : pam_env.so creates environment variables afterward. I've checked
everything other than rebuilding PAM.
Module order does not matter.
Joe
