Bug 6085 - Empty passwords don't work correctly if not using shadow
Summary: Empty passwords don't work correctly if not using shadow
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 3029
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: pwdb
Version: 6.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Cristian Gafton
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Reported: 1999-10-19 15:18 UTC by Chaskiel Grundman
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-10-19 16:13:08 UTC
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Description Chaskiel Grundman 1999-10-19 15:18:03 UTC 
If shadow passwords are not being used on a system, the
following things do not seem to work properly

1) logging in if you have an empty password. pam_pwdb
reports 'get passwd; pwdb: request not recognized' in syslog
2) changing  or deleting the password of an entity that
currently does not have a password (either an 'empty
password' or 'no password'). passwd reports success, but the
contents of /etc/passwd are not changed
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-19 16:13:59 UTC 
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 3029 ***
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