[Bug 356766] Re: Changing long passwords causes spurious error
Ben Davini
356766 at bugs.launchpad.net
Mon Dec 19 23:06:34 UTC 2011
I've got 1.1.2-2 and was just bitten by this as well. (Running 11.04)
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Title:
Changing long passwords causes spurious error
Status in base-passwd:
Invalid
Status in “pam” package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
Ubuntu appears to allow arbitrary-length passwords, however, trying to
change your password and only changing the last few characters
(definitely around 16 checters, probably shorter) is impossible.
To reproduce (characters in angle brackets were typed in):
$ passwd
Changing password for katre.
(current) UNIX password: <REAL PASSWORD>
Enter new UNIX password: <1234567890123456>
Retype new UNIX password: <1234567890123456>
passwd: password updated successfully
$ passwd
Changing password for katre.
(current) UNIX password: <1234567890123456>
Enter new UNIX password: <1234567890123457>
Retype new UNIX password: <1234567890123457>
Bad: new password must be different than the old one
However, login and other utilities demand the full correct password.
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