commit: d6020a98d364bbc0c0c8f8d5f5efde5bcb1b383e Author: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> AuthorDate: Tue Jul 20 17:42:12 2021 +0000 Commit: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo <DOT> org> CommitDate: Thu Jul 22 23:41:09 2021 +0000 URL: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/commit/?id=d6020a98
2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration: mention PAM/md5crypt issues Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802267 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802807 Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam <AT> gentoo.org> .../2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt b/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt index 16b5596..2ba8523 100644 --- a/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt +++ b/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Title: migrating from glibc[crypt] to libxcrypt in ~arch Author: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfri...@gentoo.org> Author: Sam James <s...@gentoo.org> Posted: 2021-06-30 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 The implementation of libcrypt.so within glibc has been deprecated @@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ of steps described on the wiki (see below), but the outline is: and enable it * unmask ~virtual/libcrypt-2 +Please note that if you last changed your password before ~2008, +it may be using md5crypt or similar other weak mechanisms in /etc/shadow; +a bug in PAM [0][1] may mean that you were unable to login. We recommend +using "passwd" to change/refresh your password so it is using modern +methods. A new version of PAM has been added to the tree to resolve this issue. + For more information, please see: * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/libcrypt_implementation * https://bugs.gentoo.org/699422 + +[0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802267 +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802807
