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Date:      Wed, 10 May 2006 13:52:50 +0300
From:      Danny Braniss <danny@cs.huji.ac.il>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   bin/97083: passwd does not support _PWF_HESIOD
Message-ID:  <E1FdmJG-00020v-5O@bsd.cs.huji.ac.il>
Resent-Message-ID: <200605101100.k4AB0UhZ028036@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         97083
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       passwd does not support _PWF_HESIOD
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May 10 11:00:29 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Danny Braniss
>Release:        FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE amd64
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD bsd 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Tue May 9 10:09:06 IDT 2006 danny@bsd:/r+d/obj/bsd/r+d/6.1/src/sys/HUJI amd64


	
>Description:
	since the actual password update is done via the pam
	modules, I see no harm in adding support for HESIOD
>How-To-Repeat:
	
>Fix:

	patch attached:

--- passwd.c.orig       Sat Apr 19 00:27:09 2003
+++ passwd.c    Wed May 10 13:42:40 2006
@@ -119,10 +119,14 @@
                fprintf(stderr, "Changing NIS password for %s\n",
                    pwd->pw_name);
                break;
+       case _PWF_HESIOD:
+               fprintf(stderr, "Changing HESIOD password for %s\n",
+                   pwd->pw_name);
+               break;
        default:
                /* XXX: Green men ought to be supported via PAM. */
                errx(1, 
-         "Sorry, `passwd' can only change passwords for local or NIS users.");
+         "Sorry, `passwd' can only change passwords for local, NIS, or HESIOD users.");
        }
 
 #define pam_check(func) do { \



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