Bug 476904

Summary:	selinux prevents smbpasswd from changing non-root's password when unix passwd sync is on
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Reporter:	Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Component:	pam	Assignee:	Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE <qe-baseos-auto>
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Version:	5.3	CC:	azelinka, dwalsh, mmalik, ohudlick, sgrubb, ssorce
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Description Tomas Mraz 2008-12-17 21:02:00 UTC

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #467905 +++

Description of problem:
Non-root user can't change his samba password when system <-> samba password synchronization is enabled because of selinux.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
samba 3.0.32-3.5.el5
selinux-policy-targeted-2.4.6-170.el5

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:

run RHTS test /CoreOS/samba/Regression/config/bz422721-password-change-with-pam,
watch for avc denials.

or

1.setup samba to sync its password with classic unix system passwords, start it. 
smb.conf:
[global]
security = user
pam password change =yes
unix password sync = yes
2. create user, add mih to samba user db
3. 'su' to the new user, change password with smbpasswd
  
Actual results:
[zel@x86-64-5s-2-m1 root]$ smbpasswd 
Old SMB password:
New SMB password:
Retype new SMB password:
Receiving SMB: Server stopped responding
rpc_api_pipe: Remote machine 127.0.0.1 pipe \samr fnum 0x77d1returned critical error. Error was Call returned zero bytes (EOF)
cli_rpc_pipe_close: cli_close failed on pipe \samr, fnum 0x77d1 to machine 127.0.0.1.  Error was Call returned zero bytes (EOF)
machine 127.0.0.1 rejected the password change: Error was : NT_STATUS_END_OF_FILE.
Failed to change password for zel

The problem is caused by unix_update incorrectly requiring old password when root asks for password change. pam_unix.so module will not ask for it and pass it to unix_update.

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2009-09-02 11:24:28 UTC

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1358.html