[Bug 49603] Re: passwd ignores the pam auth section

2006-08-23 Thread Alex Mauer
I'm trying to use pam_passwdqc, but I'd like for PAM to verify the old password before trying to give me a new one. As is, if I use passwdqc it will go, "here's a new password, now what was your old one?". I tried to simplify it to the above test case, but perhaps I went too far and too soon with

[Bug 49603] Re: passwd ignores the pam auth section

2006-08-23 Thread Colin Watson
Not with that configuration. In fact, this is entirely internal to PAM, and not a lot to do with passwd at all. pam_chauthtok calls the password module first with PAM_PRELIM_CHECK set to find out whether it's allowed to change the token, and then without that flag to actually change the token. I h

[Bug 49603] Re: passwd ignores the pam auth section

2006-08-22 Thread Alex Mauer
is passwd not supposed to prompt for the old password before setting the new password? -- passwd ignores the pam auth section https://launchpad.net/bugs/49603 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 49603] Re: passwd ignores the pam auth section

2006-08-22 Thread Simon Law
Thank you for your report. passwd seems to be using the PAM library properly. If you disagree, it would be best to take it up with the upstream maintainer. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Rejected -- passwd ignores the pam auth section https://launchpad.net/bugs/49