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Bug 87455

Summary:	pam_unix remember= parameter produces errors
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Adam Wiggins <adam>
Component:	pam	Assignee:	Jindrich Novy <jnovy>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Jay Turner <jturner>
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Version:	8.0	CC:	pknirsch, srevivo
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Description Adam Wiggins 2003-03-27 01:15:00 UTC

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Phoenix/0.5

Description of problem:
Trying to use the remember= parameter of the pam_unix.so module to store past
passwords in /etc/opasswd produces the following.  I modified
/etc/pam.d/system-auth to contain:

password    required      /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so retry=3 type=
password    sufficient    /lib/security/pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5
shadow remember=3
password    required      /lib/security/pam_deny.so

Then when any user tries to change their password...

[test@ash test]$ passwd
Changing password for user test.
Changing password for test
(current) UNIX password:
New password:
Retype new password:
Password has been already used. Choose another.
Password has been already used. Choose another.
Password has been already used. Choose another.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
[test@ash test]$

I am quite certain that the password I am using has not been used before.  Plus,
there is /etc/opasswd!


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
pam-0.75-46.8.0

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. append remember=3 to line 11 of /etc/pam.d/system-auth
2. try to change a user's password with passwd


Additional info:

Comment 1 Need Real Name 2003-05-24 16:36:14 UTC

The fix is to touch /etc/security/opasswd.  This should probably be done by the
install process, doncha' think?

Comment 2 Jindrich Novy 2004-09-21 08:39:05 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 127524 ***

Comment 3 Red Hat Bugzilla 2006-02-21 18:52:22 UTC

Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.