[patch] pam_unix_passwd PAM_AUTHTOK stacking bug

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> The stacked module thinks no such thing:  the presence of PAM_AUTHTOK
> and PAM_OLDAUTHTOK only indicates that the user has /input/ these
> values, it says nothing at all about whether the password has been
> changed.  Modules should not in fact presume to know anything at all
> about other modules in the stack.

The Linux-PAM Module Writer's Guide states in section 2.1 that 
PAM_AUTHTOK (during a password change) "contains the currently active 
authentication token".  This is not true for the situation I described 
in my previous post.


Matt





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