Bug 578534

Summary: passwd exit status 1
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Simon <simon>
Component: passwdAssignee: Tomas Mraz <tmraz>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 5.6CC: fnadge, ksrot, ofourdan, sgrubb, tao
Target Milestone: rc   
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: passwd-0.73-2 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Previously, passwd -S was not able to display the correct password types for the new password hashes. It also returned nonzero exit values even when the password status was displayed successfully. With this update, the correct password type is shown in the output.
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Description Simon 2010-03-31 14:57:58 UTC 
Description of problem:
passwd exits with status 1 when argument -S is passed.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5.X

How reproducible:
allways

Steps to Reproduce:
1. passwd -S user
2. echo $?

  
Actual results:
1

Expected results:
0
Comment 1 Tomas Mraz 2010-03-31 15:22:15 UTC 
Please report the problem through the regular support channels so the fix can be properly prioritized for inclusion in future Red Hat Enterprise Linux update releases.

Please refer to this bug number in the report.

Thank you.
Comment 3 Olivier Fourdan 2010-05-04 09:16:16 UTC 
Created attachment 411227 [details]
Proposed patch
Comment 6 Tomas Mraz 2010-08-03 09:52:51 UTC 
I'll also display correct hash type for SHA-256 and SHA-512 password hash types in the passwd -S output.
Comment 7 Tomas Mraz 2010-08-03 10:22:58 UTC 
The exit value is now correct and for SHA-256 (beginning with $5$) and SHA-512 ($6$) password hashes in /etc/shadow it will display correct password hash type in the status output.
Comment 9 Florian Nadge 2010-08-04 13:00:43 UTC 
Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

New Contents:
passwd -S was not able to display the correct password types for the new password hashes. It also returned nonzero exit values even when the password status was displayed successfully. With this update, the correct password type is shown in the output.
Comment 10 Florian Nadge 2010-08-04 13:01:05 UTC 
Technical note updated. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.

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-passwd -S was not able to display the correct password types for the new password hashes. It also returned nonzero exit values even when the password status was displayed successfully. With this update, the correct password type is shown in the output.+Previously, passwd -S was not able to display the correct password types for the new password hashes. It also returned nonzero exit values even when the password status was displayed successfully. With this update, the correct password type is shown in the output.
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2010-08-11 09:14:02 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-2010-0620.html