Bug 447136 - chpasswd failed in: "chpasswd: salt.c:175: gensalt: Assertion `salt_size >= 8 && salt_size <= 16' failed"
Summary: chpasswd failed in: "chpasswd: salt.c:175: gensalt: Assertion `salt_size >= 8...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: shadow-utils
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Peter Vrabec
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-18 06:33 UTC by Steven Shiau
Modified: 2009-09-20 01:38 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: 4.1.1-2.fc9
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Last Closed: 2008-05-21 10:56:24 UTC
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Description Steven Shiau 2008-05-18 06:33:07 UTC 
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Description of problem:
chpasswd fails in:
chpasswd: salt.c:175: gensalt: Assertion `salt_size >= 8 && salt_size <= 16' failed

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
shadow-utils-4.1.1-1.fc9.i386

How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. login as root
2. adduser test
3. echo "test:Aeh4aiHo" | /usr/sbin/chpasswd
4. or 
    echo "test:Zai5is7zet" | /usr/sbin/chpasswd
Always got something like:
chpasswd: salt.c:175: gensalt: Assertion `salt_size >= 8 && salt_size <= 16' failed.
Aborted


Actual Results:
chpasswd: salt.c:175: gensalt: Assertion `salt_size >= 8 && salt_size <= 16' failed.
Aborted


Expected Results:
chpasswd should change password of test without any error.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2008-05-20 12:13:42 UTC 
shadow-utils-4.1.1-2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2008-05-21 10:56:22 UTC 
shadow-utils-4.1.1-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2008-07-26 06:06:42 UTC 
shadow-utils-4.1.1-2.fc9 has been pushed to the Fedora 9 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 4 hgc1118 2009-09-20 01:38:11 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> shadow-utils-4.1.1-2.fc9 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 9
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