bsd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Great thanks!
You're welcome. The attached patch should fix the problem with passwd
asking root for the old password.
DES
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Dag-Erling Smorgrav - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==== //depot/user/des/pam/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.c#14 - /usr/src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.c ====
--- /tmp/tmp.2741.0 Fri Apr 26 21:28:02 2002
+++ /usr/src/lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.c Fri Apr 26 21:24:35 2002
@@ -313,6 +313,11 @@
PAM_LOG("PRELIM round");
+ if (getuid() == 0 &&
+ (pwd->pw_fields & _PWF_SOURCE) == _PWF_FILES)
+ /* root doesn't need the old password */
+ return (pam_set_item(pamh, PAM_OLDAUTHTOK, ""));
+
if (pwd->pw_passwd[0] == '\0'
&& pam_test_option(&options, PAM_OPT_NULLOK, NULL)) {
/*
@@ -338,7 +343,7 @@
PAM_LOG("UPDATE round");
retval = pam_get_authtok(pamh,
- PAM_AUTHTOK, &old_pass, NULL);
+ PAM_OLDAUTHTOK, &old_pass, NULL);
if (retval != PAM_SUCCESS)
return (retval);
PAM_LOG("Got old password");
