Hi Steve! Steve Langasek [2005-08-02 15:46 -0700]: > Hi Martin, > > On Tue, Aug 02, 2005 at 03:19:10PM +0200, Martin Pitt wrote: > > In Ubuntu we now install unix_chkpwd with setgid shadow by default to > > eliminate this rather useless suid root program: > > > http://patches.ubuntu.com/patches/pam.unix_chkpwd-deroot.diff > > Well, I've recently received a patch that originates from Red Hat's PAM > tree, which adds support for using unix_chkpwd as a password *changing* > helper as well.
Ugh, thanks for the note. Does that obsolete /usr/bin/passwd? Or do the two converge now? I don't really see the point in having two programs that change your password. If /usr/bin/passwd could be eliminated completely (or replaced with a symlink), then that would be nice as well, of course. :-) Thanks, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntulinux.org Debian Developer http://www.debian.org
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