Re: [arklinux] Re: Passwd problem

On Sunday 02 January 2005 05:52 pm, you wrote:
> On Sunday 02 January 2005 23:00, Zackary D. Deems wrote:
> > Install cracklib-dicts .. that will fix passwd.  Some time ago
> > pam_cracklib was moved OUT of the main pam package, and cracklib-dicts
> > was not added as a requirement for pam-extra.
> >
> > pam_cracklib is required in order for passwd to function.  This should
> > be fixed within the next few days.
>
> Right cause, wrong fix.
> The recent pam update broke the default system-auth file, I'm currently
> fixing it right.
>
> [root@localhost i586]# rpm -q cracklib cracklib-dicts pam-extra
> package cracklib is not installed
> package cracklib-dicts is not installed
> package pam-extra is not installed
> [root@localhost i586]# passwd
> Changing password for user root.
> Enter new UNIX password:
> Retype new UNIX password:
> passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
> [root@localhost i586]# cat /etc/pam.d/system-auth
> #%PAM-1.0
> # This file is auto-generated.
> # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run.
> auth        required      pam_env.so
> auth        sufficient    pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
> auth        required      pam_deny.so
>
> account     required      pam_unix.so
>
> # password    required      pam_cracklib.so retry=3
> password    required      pam_unix.so nullok md5 shadow
> password    sufficient    pam_unix.so nullok use_authtok md5 shadow
> password    required      pam_deny.so
>
> session     required      pam_limits.so
> session     required      pam_unix.so
> [root@localhost i586]#
>
> LLaP
> bero

Well this may be so bero, and if it does indeed fix this issue, kdesu still 
does not work on any of the systems I have tried. It dosn't appear to respect 
pam at all or something in that nature. As it still stand kde still requires 
me to enter a root password in the konsole, and for most root operations.
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