Subject: UPDATE: pam, passwd
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Thu Sep 02 1999 - 17:40:59 MDT
We've just released updates of the pam and passwd packages which fix a
problem with MD5 passwords.
Packages: pam, passwd
Date: September 2, 1999
Problem:
The pam and passwd packages that ships with Yellow Dog Linux have a bug in
the MD5 code which shows up on big endian systems such as PowerPC which
causes sulogin and other programs (such as ssh) to report that your
password is incorrect when it is actually correct. sulogin is program
which is run when your system is forced to a shell if a file system is
damaged. Previously, entering the correct root password did not allow you
to access your system and repair the filesystem.
These updates fix the MD5 big endian problem. To allow sulogin (and ssh)
to work, you'll need to reset your password(s).
Urgency: MEDIUM
Solution: rpm -Uvh
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/champion-1.1/RPMS/pam-0.68-2.ppc.rpm
ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/champion-1.1/RPMS/passwd-0.60-1.ppc.rpm
Here are the md5 checksums of the update packages, please verify these
before installing the new packages by running: md5sum <file>
64d9e634e7cacb16b481fd5a81e90f02 RPMS/pam-0.68-2.ppc.rpm
bbbda3f96de08fe88b3fa134ba6c9e18 RPMS/passwd-0.60-1.ppc.rpm
Regards,
Dan
Yellow Dog Linux for Apple G3 and PowerPC
email: dburcaw@yellowdoglinux.com
website: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/
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