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Bug #5525

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User management technique not setting password entry on SLES

Added by Florian Heigl over 9 years ago. Updated about 7 years ago.

Status:
Rejected
Priority:
N/A
Assignee:
-
Category:
Techniques
Target version:
3.1.20
Pull Request:
Severity:
Major - prevents use of part of Rudder | no simple workaround
UX impact:
User visibility:
Getting started - demo | first install | level 1 Techniques
Effort required:
Small
Priority:
52
Name check:
Fix check:
Regression:

Description

I've tested adding a user via the User management technique.

On SLES 11SP3, it adds the user but doesn't update /etc/shadow with a password.
Accordingly, the newly created user cannot SSH in, a pam error is logged.
Once you manually set a password for the user, it is able to log in.

I checked the same technique works against a Debian wheezy VM, adding a user with a password.

I also tried switching the encryption from SHA512 to MD5, no luck.

SLES:

rudderc4:~ # tail -1 /etc/passwd
abcdef:x:1001:100:My Test user:/home/some:/usr/bin/ksh
rudderc4:~ # tail -1 /etc/shadow
abcdef:!:16325:0:99999:7:::

Debian:
well, just the way it should look...

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