[root@sideshow /root]# rpm -q shadow-utils shadow-utils-980403-12 [root@sideshow /root]# rpm -q pam pam-0.66-18 Which are standard with 6.0 and I cannot reproduce this problem. On Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:07:35 -0700, Prince Ctrl wrote: >Aleph, > >I do not know whether this has been reported to the list, so I thought >I'd throw it out and see if anyone may know of a solution, and/or care >to have a technical discussion concerning this bug. > >When administering a Red Hat 6.0 server and locking users with the >'passwd -l <user>' command, and then unlocking a user with the 'passwd >-u <user>' command, a control character is added to the end of a >users' encrypted password in the form of a "^Q" in the shadowed passwd >file. > >In our tests, we have found that this only occurs once the user has >been "unlocked". It happens whether you are using MD5 encryption or >DES...it doesn't matter. > >I have forwarded this to our Sr. Systems Administrator who said he was >going to contact Red Hat today. Confirmation of that call is unknown. > >OS affected/tested: Red Hat 6.0 >Possible problem: It could either be the fact that the 'passwd' binary >is actually adding ^Q to the end of a users encrypted password, or it >may be something with the way pam is handling this. I know that pam >has some .so files which deal with shadowed passwords, but I am no pam >expert, so if anyone has some suggestions, corrections, etc., please >inform me... > >Possible solution: Unknown > >If anyone has any ideas on how to fix this, please let me know... > >=== >PrinceC >Security Administrator >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > >_________________________________________________________ >DO YOU YAHOO!? >Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > -- Bryan C. Andregg * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * Red Hat, Inc. 1024/625FA2C5 F5 F3 DC 2E 8E AF 26 B0 2C 31 78 C2 6C FB 02 77 1024/0x46E7A8A2 46EB 61B1 71BD 2960 723C 38B6 21E4 23CC 46E7 A8A2
