Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 973203
Initial user password is disregarded in FreeIPA password policy check
Last modified: 2016-01-29 08:11:10 EST
This bug is created as a clone of upstream ticket: https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/3694 test password policy through pam stack, like add "sudo -u IPA_USER" before ipa command, the history size is shirked by 1. let history = 3, when do "sudo -u IPA_user ipa passwd", the actual history size = 2, please find out from the following test {{{ ## modify password policy ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa pwpolicy-mod --minlife=0 --history=3 Group: global_policy Max lifetime (days): 90 Min lifetime (hours): 0 History size: 3 Character classes: 0 Min length: 8 Max failures: 6 Failure reset interval: 60 Lockout duration: 600 ## clean start ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 klist klist: No credentials cache found (ticket cache FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_297400005) ## starting point: password "redhat000" works ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat000 | sudo -u testuser30218 kinit Password for testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat000 | sudo -u testuser30218 klist Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_297400005 Default principal: testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM Valid starting Expires Service principal 06/05/13 13:15:52 06/06/13 13:15:52 krbtgt/YZHANG.REDHAT.COM@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM ## change password from "redhat000" to "redhat001" ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 ipa passwd ipa: ERROR: Could not create log_dir u'/home/testuser30218/.ipa/log' Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ------------------------------------------------------ Changed password for "testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM" ------------------------------------------------------ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat001 | sudo -u testuser30218 kinit Password for testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat001 | sudo -u testuser30218 klist Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_297400005 Default principal: testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM Valid starting Expires Service principal 06/05/13 13:16:32 06/06/13 13:16:32 krbtgt/YZHANG.REDHAT.COM@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM ## change password from "redhat001" to "redhat002" -- up till this point, user password history ## pool is: "redhat002" (current), "redhat001" and "redhat000" ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 ipa passwd ipa: ERROR: Could not create log_dir u'/home/testuser30218/.ipa/log' Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ------------------------------------------------------ Changed password for "testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM" ------------------------------------------------------ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo "at this point, ipa user testuser30218 has password history of: redhat000, redhat001, redhat002, since history size=3, it means this user can not use these 3 passwords" at this point, ipa user testuser30218 has password history of: redhat000, redhat001, redhat002, since history size=3, it means this user can not use these 3 passwords [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo "test show current password redhat002 is valid" test show current password redhat002 is valid [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat002 | sudo -u testuser30218 kinit Password for testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: ## change password from "redhat002" to "redhat002" failed as expected ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 ipa passwd ipa: ERROR: Could not create log_dir u'/home/testuser30218/.ipa/log' Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password reuse not permitted ## change password from "redhat002" to "redhat001" failed as expected ## [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 ipa passwd ipa: ERROR: Could not create log_dir u'/home/testuser30218/.ipa/log' Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password reuse not permitted ############################################################################# ## change password from "redhat002" to "redhat000" success is NOT expected ## ############################################################################# [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 ipa passwd ipa: ERROR: Could not create log_dir u'/home/testuser30218/.ipa/log' Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ------------------------------------------------------ Changed password for "testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM" ------------------------------------------------------ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat000 | sudo -u testuser30218 kinit Password for testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] sudo -u testuser30218 klist Ticket cache: FILE:/tmp/krb5cc_297400005 Default principal: testuser30218@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM Valid starting Expires Service principal 06/05/13 13:20:57 06/06/13 13:20:57 krbtgt/YZHANG.REDHAT.COM@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM }}} for comparison, if we do not use "sudo -u" to execute ipa passwd command, then it works fine, as below test: {{{ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] kinit testuser10091 Password for testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: Password expired. You must change it now. Enter new password: Enter it again: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat000 | kinit testuser10091 Password for testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa passwd Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ------------------------------------------------------ Changed password for "testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM" ------------------------------------------------------ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat001 | kinit testuser10091 Password for testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa passwd Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ------------------------------------------------------ Changed password for "testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM" ------------------------------------------------------ [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo redhat002 | kinit testuser10091 Password for testuser10091@YZHANG.REDHAT.COM: [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo "now , change redhat002 -> redhat002" now , change redhat002 -> redhat002 [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa passwd Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password reuse not permitted [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo "now , change redhat002 -> redhat001" now , change redhat002 -> redhat001 [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa passwd Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password reuse not permitted [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] echo "now , change redhat002 -> redhat000" now , change redhat002 -> redhat000 [root@banana (RH6.4-i386) ~] ipa passwd Current Password: New Password: Enter New Password again to verify: ipa: ERROR: Constraint violation: Password reuse not permitted }}}
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