Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2013-09-23 Thread Ken Raeburn
(Sorry to revisit such an old bug, but we keep running into it now and then...) If this is deemed to be a PAM bug, can this bug report just be re-tagged as a PAM bug and reassigned to the appropriate party? The high-level problem -- cron doesn't work for Kerberos/Hesiod users unless you

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-07 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Ken Raeburn a écrit : Aurelien Jarno wrote: hesiod is not supposed to be used to provide password. Even if used that way, I don't really see the point of providing a shadow database though hesiod, as the data will anyway be public, as published in the DNS. Certainly not password

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-07 Thread Ken Raeburn
Aurelien Jarno wrote: hesiod is not supposed to be used to provide password. Even if used that way, I don't really see the point of providing a shadow database though hesiod, as the data will anyway be public, as published in the DNS. Certainly not password authentication data, but it can

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-07 Thread Ken Raeburn
Aurelien Jarno wrote: Wouldn't it be possible to also use Kerberos for shadow information, as it is actually where the encrypted passwords are stored? Kerberos doesn't necessarily have the information in its database, and the protocol provides no way to pass the information around.

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-07 Thread Aurelien Jarno
Ken Raeburn a écrit : Aurelien Jarno wrote: Wouldn't it be possible to also use Kerberos for shadow information, as it is actually where the encrypted passwords are stored? Kerberos doesn't necessarily have the information in its database, and the protocol provides no way to pass the

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-06 Thread Ken Raeburn
Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-18 Severity: normal File: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 We've found that since updating to lenny, cron jobs for normal, non-local users (who are listed in hesiod) aren't being run. Adding entries to /etc/shadow works around it. The following message gets logged, and the

Bug#563987: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2: hesiod users not fully supported

2010-01-06 Thread Aurelien Jarno
On Wed, Jan 06, 2010 at 04:24:04PM -0500, Ken Raeburn wrote: Package: libc6 Version: 2.7-18 Severity: normal File: /lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 We've found that since updating to lenny, cron jobs for normal, non-local users (who are listed in hesiod) aren't being run. Adding entries to