Package: libpam-mount Version: 0.18-6 When a user without a password tries to log in with a libpam-mount volume, the user is prompted to reenter his password. If pam_mount is specified as required (e.g. for a home directory), login fails altogether. This is unhelpful in the case, for instance, where one has a passwordless "guest" account whose home should be mounted and unmounted via tmpfs.
The possible fixes would seem to be assuming null passwords mean the empty string, or else adding a "nullok" option to the module. I'm not sure, though, if the latter would make sense in pam-mount's context; thoughts? To reproduce this behavior: add a user with a blank password in /etc/shadow; e.g.: guest::13740:0:99999:7::: Then give that user a volume in /etc/security/pam_mount.conf: volume guest tmpfs - /tmpfs/guest /home/guest - - - (Note that passing any mount options such as size through pam_mount.conf seems to fail for me, but that's a separate issue I'm not yet sure about). Try to log in as the user. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
