From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 321D713933E for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:46:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DE932E0A6D; Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:46:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 73916E09EA for ; Tue, 20 Jul 2021 17:46:11 +0000 (UTC) From: Sam James To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: pr@gentoo.org, toolchain@gentoo.org, Sam James Subject: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/2] 2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration: mention PAM/md5crypt issues Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 18:45:46 +0100 Message-Id: <20210720174547.1946438-1-sam@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.32.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 7f567232-1b11-437e-a4b0-c420be27180b X-Archives-Hash: f3b2fdb8e43fe80372e70ffa13fbd901 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802267 Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/802807 Signed-off-by: Sam James --- .../2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt b/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt index 16b5596..5a78036 100644 --- a/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt +++ b/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration/2021-06-30-libxcrypt-migration.en.txt @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ Title: migrating from glibc[crypt] to libxcrypt in ~arch Author: Andreas K. Hüttel Author: Sam James Posted: 2021-06-30 -Revision: 1 +Revision: 2 News-Item-Format: 2.0 The implementation of libcrypt.so within glibc has been deprecated @@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ of steps described on the wiki (see below), but the outline is: and enable it * unmask ~virtual/libcrypt-2 +Please note that if you last changed your password before ~2008, +it may using md5crypt or similar other weak mechanisms in /etc/shadow; +a bug in PAM [0][1] may mean that you were unable to login. We recommend +using `passwd` to change/refresh your passwrd so it is using modern +methods. A new version of PAM has been added to the tree to resolve this issue. + For more information, please see: * https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Toolchain/libcrypt_implementation * https://bugs.gentoo.org/699422 + +[0] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802267 +[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/802807 -- 2.32.0