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------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2005-12-22 18:34 UTC ------- Looking at /sbin/unix_chkpwd I noticed that is set-gid shadow, but the /etc/shadow file had permissions that meant it could only be read by root: -rwxr-sr-x 1 root shadow 14988 2005-09-12 19:12 /sbin/unix_chkpwd -rw-r----- 1 root root 926 2005-12-16 22:07 /etc/shadow I chowned /etc/shadow to be root:shadow, and now kcheckpass works properly without having to be set-uid root. I'm not 100% sure if this change of group on /etc/shadow has other implications, but it seems reasonable for it to be like this. So now I have: -rw-r----- 1 root shadow 926 2005-12-16 22:07 /etc/shadow -rwxr-sr-x 1 root shadow 14988 2005-09-12 19:12 /sbin/unix_chkpwd -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 10048 2005-11-04 00:59 /usr/bin/kcheckpass The only difference from the default install here is the group of the /etc/shadow file. I think the installer is the culprit (I'm fairly sure I didn't change it, unless the KDE user tools have done something without telling me). -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.ubuntu.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the QA contact for the bug, or are watching the QA contact. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
