Ubuntu
libpam-unix2 package

blowfish support missing

Bug #1267202 reported by dale
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libpam-unix2 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
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Bug Description

Description: Ubuntu 13.10
Release: 13.10

libpam-unix2_2.6-1

Upon installing and setting pam to use blowfish the following error occurs:

# passwd
New Password:
Reenter New Password:
crypt_r: Don't know 0
Error: Password NOT changed.
passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
passwd: password unchanged

auth.log shows:

passwd[18723]: pam_unix2(passwd:chauthtok): No blowfish support compiled in

Issue is fixed by reverting to libpam_unix2_2.4.1-6 provided in raring. Bug is also listed in Debian, and fix provided.

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=729813

Quinn Balazs (qbalazs)
tags: added: regression-release saucy
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in libpam-unix2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Michael Herrmann (mkh) wrote :

Exactly the same on Ubuntu 14.04, libpam-unix2_2.6-2

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Ale (antifumo) wrote :

Same on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, libpam-unix2_2.6-2 (same version as 14.04 LTS)...

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