Bug 8923 - usermod -p puts the password both in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
Summary: usermod -p puts the password both in /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: shadow-utils
Version: 6.1
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nalin Dahyabhai
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-01-27 16:16 UTC by Walter Klomp
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-02-02 16:30:20 UTC
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Description Walter Klomp 2000-01-27 16:16:44 UTC 
Hi,

I call `usermod -p 'encrypted passwd' userid`  from a script.

It puts the encrypted password in /etc/shadow, BUT it ALSO puts the same
encrypted password in /etc/shadow...

I am Running RedHat 6.1 with usermode-1.18 (the latest fix) and it still
happens.  I also have Shadow and MD5 support enabled. I have also installed
the latest PAM...

I have reported this bug before.

Please contact me directly on my e-mail account if you need further
information, or if you have fixed it, or if I am doing something wrong...

Thanks for your attention.
Comment 1 Nalin Dahyabhai 2000-02-02 16:30:59 UTC 
This is fixed in shadow-utils-19990827-6 and later, which is in Raw Hide and
will be in the next release.
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