Comment 4 for bug 1822736

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Chris Guiver (guiverc) wrote :

I followed Tom's REPRODUCTION test, and got exactly what Tom said I would.
I can confirm the issue with 256 character passwords.
(I used `wc` to count characters in my buffer)

I could set the 256 character password (I used it with a backspace to enter the old password, so it was only 1 character longer) but it wouldn't then let me use it for the next `sudo whoami`.

x86 Lubuntu 19.04 (fully-updated) box

OS: Ubuntu Disco Dingo (development branch) i686
Host: HP Compaq dx6120 MT(PL926AV)
Kernel: 5.0.0-8-generic
Uptime: 14 mins
Packages: 1968 (dpkg)
Shell: bash 5.0.2
Theme: Arc-Darker [GTK3]
Icons: Adwaita [GTK3]
Terminal: qterminal
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2.80GHz (2) @ 2.790GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT
Memory: 487MiB / 2953MiB

test@dx6120-lubu:~$ apt-cache policy libpam0g
libpam0g:
  Installed: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.3.1-5ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.3.1-5ubuntu1 500
        500 http://ftp.iinet.net.au/pub/ubuntu disco/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status