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when ever u start computer UBUNTU 9.04 - in GUI, follow below example, User Name - steve Password - steve123 if you type the password steve1234 or steve123***** ( ie if you suffix anything after your password ) machine allows to login Thanks Nidhin Mohan INDIA +91 9920219199 > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 18:18:20 +0000 > From: steve.langa...@canonical.com > To: nidhinch...@hotmail.com > Subject: [Bug 665454] Re: Login Error > > In particular: > > - how are you logging in - at a GUI or at a console? > - what are the contents of /etc/pam.d/common-auth? > > -- > Login Error > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665454 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: yelp > > Hello Team, > > This is a serious security error ! > > Password acceptance while Login > > > If we type wrong password , UBUNTU allows to login. Eg. if my password id " > tango " and i type " tangoabc " it allows to login. i feel only mandatory > field is, the letter or number present in first part of the password. System > is not checking the entire password entered by a user. > > Thanks > Nidhin Mohan > Mumbai - India > +91 9920219199 > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp > Package: yelp 2.25.1-0ubuntu5.9.04.1 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=en_IN > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: yelp > Uname: Linux 2.6.28-19-generic i686 > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pam/+bug/665454/+subscribe -- Login Error https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/665454 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
