Bug 695754 – rpc.yppasswd returns epmty string instead of error messages

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Bug 695754 - rpc.yppasswd returns epmty string instead of error messages

Summary:	rpc.yppasswd returns epmty string instead of error messages

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ypserv (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	5.6
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	low Severity low
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Honza Horak
QA Contact:	qe-baseos-daemons
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Reported:	2011-04-12 11:17 EDT by Karel Volný
Modified:	2012-02-21 00:53 EST (History)
CC List:	3 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2012-02-21 00:53:32 EST
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proposed patch (744 bytes, patch) 2011-04-12 12:16 EDT, Honza Horak	no flags	Details \| Diff
proposed patch that adds more info to error messages (1.04 KB, patch) 2011-10-17 09:38 EDT, Honza Horak	no flags	Details \| Diff
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External Trackers
Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2012:0205	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	ypserv bug fix and enhancement update	2012-02-20 09:53:39 EST

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Description Karel Volný 2011-04-12 11:17:47 EDT

Description of problem:
I'm unable to get reasonable error messages from rpc.yppasswdd, see below

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ypserv-2.19-5.el5_6.1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. setup NIS
2. run rpc.yppasswd --debug on the server
3. try to change user password via yppasswd

  
Actual results:
.qa.[root@x86-64-5s-m1 ~]# rpc.yppasswdd --debug -x /usr/lib64/yp/bz681699-test
rpc.yppasswdd - NYS YP server version 2.19

yppasswdproc_pwupdate("bz681699") [From: 10.16.112.103:704]
        oldpass..: heslo1
        pw_name..: bz681699
        pw_passwd: $1$lH91as4C$EP.HfSYBPC1yjjoYN9Urs1
        pw_gecos.: 
        pw_dir...: /home/bz681699
        pw_shell.: /bin/bash
fgets() call failed.
 failed.  Change request: bz681699 o:heslo1 p:$1$lH91as4C$EP.HfSYBPC1yjjoYN9Urs1 
Response was 



Expected results:
[what?] failed.
Response was [what?]

Additional info:

Comment 1 Honza Horak 2011-04-12 12:16:26 EDT

Created attachment 491526 [details]
proposed patch

This failure is most probably caused by empty output of the external script, so fgets() returns NULL, same as there is an error in reading. 

However, feof() and ferror() hangs in this case, so I can't use them to distinguish what exactly is wrong. The proposed patch describes the problem a bit better, I think it could be good enough for this failure.

Any comments or improvement suggestions are welcome.

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2012-02-21 00:53:32 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2012-0205.html

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