RedHat 7.2 pam_unix.so and PAM_AUTHTOK?

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On Wed, Jul 31, 2002 at 01:43:39PM +1000, Jenn Vesperman wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 09:15, jkung@us.ibm.com wrote:
> >=20
> > Thanks for the links.  The tip about the not_set_pass argument sounds l=
ike
> > what
> > I was looking for, but unfortunately it did not fix the problem.  With =
or
> > without the option,
> > pam_unix is preventing the passwords from being available to my module.
> > Maybe
> > this is a bug.
> >=20
> > I replaced pam_unix.so with pam_pwdb.so in my stack list, and that allo=
wed
> > my
> > module to retrieve the passwords as expected, so I do not think the pro=
blem
> > is
> > in my module or configuration.  I guess I will have to go to the source=
 to
> > try to figure
> > out why pam_unix is clearing the password tokens.  Maybe the module is
> > doing something that requires it to be the last in line for password
> > management.

> In that case it sounds like pam_unix is not working as documented, which
> is a bug either in the module or the documentation.

> I recommend reporting it as a potential bug, and/or reporting it with a
> patch. :)

> Sorry I don't know more about the code itself.

A bug of this nature was found -- and corrected -- some time ago in the
pam_unix module sources.  I'm surprised if RedHat 7.2 still ships a
version of pam_unix that's broken in this regard.

Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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