Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
Michal Suchanek wrote: > Excerpts from Cyril Brulebois's message of Sun Mar 06 08:16:47 +0100 2011: > > Cyril Brulebois (06/03/2011): > > > if you'd like this bug to be looked at, you probably want to report > > > it upstream (product xorg, component App/xdm): > > > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ > > > > Actually, man xdm says: > > > >xlogin.Login.allowNullPasswd > > If set to ``true'', allow an otherwise failing password match > > to > > succeed if the account does not require a password at all. > > The > > default is ``false'', so only users that have passwords > > assigned > > can log in. > > > This is a discrepancy between login(1) and xdm then. login(1) allows > users with no password to log on without any issues or special settings. OTOH, openssh-server has an analogous setting. Personally I have no problem with this (assuming it works; I haven't tested it yet). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110307225745.GA1784@dali
Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
Excerpts from Cyril Brulebois's message of Sun Mar 06 08:16:47 +0100 2011: > Cyril Brulebois (06/03/2011): > > if you'd like this bug to be looked at, you probably want to report > > it upstream (product xorg, component App/xdm): > > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ > > Actually, man xdm says: > >xlogin.Login.allowNullPasswd > If set to ``true'', allow an otherwise failing password match to > succeed if the account does not require a password at all. The > default is ``false'', so only users that have passwords assigned > can log in. > This is a discrepancy between login(1) and xdm then. login(1) allows users with no password to log on without any issues or special settings. Thanks Michal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1299498232-sup-...@virtual.ruk.cuni.cz
Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
Cyril Brulebois (06/03/2011): > if you'd like this bug to be looked at, you probably want to report > it upstream (product xorg, component App/xdm): > http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ Actually, man xdm says: xlogin.Login.allowNullPasswd If set to ``true'', allow an otherwise failing password match to succeed if the account does not require a password at all. The default is ``false'', so only users that have passwords assigned can log in. KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
Hi, Trent W. Buck (21/10/2008): > found 478263 1:1.1.8-5 > thank you > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 02:35:17PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > > Package: xdm > > Severity: normal > > > > When I try to log in as a user with no password set xdm asks for a > > password and fails to verify it. > > I can reproduce this problem. if you'd like this bug to be looked at, you probably want to report it upstream (product xorg, component App/xdm): http://bugs.freedesktop.org/ KiBi. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
On Oct 21, 2008, at 8:41 AM, Trent W. Buck wrote:
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:38:35PM +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
When I try to log in as a user with no password set xdm asks for a
password and fails to verify it.
I can reproduce this problem.
I can log in with no problem using login(8) on the tty, so I tried
cp --backup /etc/pam.d/{login,xdm}
/etc/init.d/xdm
This didn't help. Nor does anything useful turn up in /var/log, even
with "debug" on all pam_unix.so entries in /etc/pam.d/common-*.
Oct 21 17:08:49 Clio xdm[12858]: pam_unix(xdm:auth):
authentication failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost=
user=twb
Oct 21 17:08:51 Clio xdm[12858]: LOGIN FAILURE ON :0, (null)
Tue Oct 21 17:08:51 2008 xdm error (pid 12858):
pam_authenticate failure: Authentication failure
This is because the moment xdm asks for a password it already failed
to log you in. It should verify that you actually do have a password
before asking for one.
Thanks
MS
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Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 04:38:35PM +1100, Trent W. Buck wrote:
>> When I try to log in as a user with no password set xdm asks for a
>> password and fails to verify it.
>
> I can reproduce this problem.
I can log in with no problem using login(8) on the tty, so I tried
cp --backup /etc/pam.d/{login,xdm}
/etc/init.d/xdm
This didn't help. Nor does anything useful turn up in /var/log, even
with "debug" on all pam_unix.so entries in /etc/pam.d/common-*.
Oct 21 17:08:49 Clio xdm[12858]: pam_unix(xdm:auth): authentication
failure; logname= uid=0 euid=0 tty=:0 ruser= rhost= user=twb
Oct 21 17:08:51 Clio xdm[12858]: LOGIN FAILURE ON :0, (null)
Tue Oct 21 17:08:51 2008 xdm error (pid 12858): pam_authenticate failure:
Authentication failure
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Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
found 478263 1:1.1.8-5 thank you On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 02:35:17PM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > Package: xdm > Severity: normal > > When I try to log in as a user with no password set xdm asks for a > password and fails to verify it. I can reproduce this problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Bug#478263: xdm: does not allow to log in when no password is set
Package: xdm Severity: normal When I try to log in as a user with no password set xdm asks for a password and fails to verify it. I have to set an empty password to make xdm happy but this breaks other stuff. Thanks Michal -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.23.3-src (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
