passwdqc solaris

[Solar Designer]

I was wrong to blame Solaris for this.  Apparently, the segfault has
been a result of interaction with another module, pam_history.
Removing pam_history has resolved the problem.

-- 
Alexander

On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 11:43:24PM +0400, Solar Designer wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 01:05:48PM -0400, Jaskaran Singh wrote:
> > I am completely stuck installing this pam passwdqc module. I have configured
> > the module with options that it takes a minimum of 6 characters and accepts
> > alpha-numeric password. But I am unable to get rid of the segmentation fault
> > if I remove the options 
> > #other   password requisite      pam_authtok_get.so.1
> > #other  password requisite      pam_authtok_check.so.1
> > from my pam.conf file. I am working on solaris 9 using blowfish as the
> > passwd algorithim.
> 
> This suggests that you're using a very recent build of Solaris 9 (or
> very recent Sun patches).  And the segfault suggests that it's also
> somewhat buggy. :-)
> 
> I'll proceed with debugging this problem communicating with you via
> private e-mail, and I hope that I'll be able to put in a workaround
> for this version of Solaris into pam_passwdqc as a result.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
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> Alexander Peslyak <solar at openwall.com>
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