On Sun, 2008-05-25 at 10:43 +0000, Dick Gevers wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> For increased security I enabled tcb - the alternative to shadow
> 
> For reference:
> http://www.openwall.com/tcb/
> 
> http://www.builderau.com.au/program/linux/soa/Migrating-from-shadow-passwords-to-tcb-in-Linux/0,339028299,339269540,00.htm
> 
> http://freshmeat.net/projects/tcb-adduser/
> 
> Since this was implemented I get an rkhunter warning that seems not
> appropriate:
> 
> rkhunter -c -sk:
> ...
> Checking for passwordless accounts                       [ Warning ]
> ...
> 
> rkhunter.log:
> ...
> [10:34:46]   Checking for passwordless accounts              [ Warning ]
> [10:34:46] Warning: No shadow/password file found.
> ...
> 
> This is due to the fact that the one /etc/shadow file has been replaced
> by separate /etc/tcb/<user>/shadow files
> 
> I would like to propose that in some future version rkh is enhanced to
> check -- in case /etc/shadow is absent -- the correctness of the separate
> shadow files instead.
> 
> Thanks v.m. for your time. I shall gladly post a bugreport for this if you
> prefer.
> 
Yes please. Put it in as a bug report or support request. That way it
won't get forgotten and should get seen to (at some time).


John.

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