[wplug-bsd] Password oddity

[Benjamin Slavin]

Sorry if I was ambiguous as to what is happening.

It's not really a problem, but it's a "very strange thing." I can use my 
system without any problems, and can login as any user and su to root 
(on the appropriate accounts).

Say my password is "12345678". When I'm at a login prompt on the console 
or via ssh, I can type in 12345678[insert anything here] and still login 
(eg "12345678935406876846" will be accepted). This can be reproduced for 
any non-root user (using the appropriate password). Root for some reason 
behaves properly (that is, if root's password is 87654321, and 876543210 
is entered, login will not happen).

  --Ben

Tom Rhodes wrote:

>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 20:39:11 -0500
>Benjamin Slavin <bslavin_list at wavecrazy.net> wrote:
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>Ok, I'm trying to envision this situation...  You mean you cannot
>login anymore because of it, or it will no longer change your
>password, or ... ?
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>When someone forgets the root login, I usually recommend they
>boot into the single user mode (it will drop you into a root
>login with sh(1)), select the shell you normally use (type in
>/bin/csh and push enter), and then use the vipw(1) utility to
>manually modify the password file.
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>Does that help?
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