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LIN6-3595 : WRL5: PAM configured for nullok_secure, but no such code sxists in WRL5

Created: Jul 1, 2013    Updated: Mar 5, 2016
Resolved Date: Dec 4, 2013
Previous ID: LIN5-4027, LIN6-2915
Found In Version: 6.0
Fix Version: 6.0
Severity: Severe
Applicable for: Wind River Linux 6
Component/s: Kernel

Description

In oe-core/meta/recipes-extended/pam/libpam/pam.d/common-auth] we find pam_unix.so configured with nullok_secure.

When examining the code at
https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/linux-pam/Linux-PAM-${PV}.tar.bz2 
<https://fedorahosted.org/releases/l/i/linux-pam/Linux-PAM-$%7bPV%7d.tar.bz2>
is there no trace of nullok_secure and it is therefore an invalid configuration parameter.

When checking pam_1.1.3-7.1.diff.gz from 
http://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/pam
it states Debian patch to add a new 'nullok_secure' option to  pam_unix, which...

Should nullok_secure source be added to WRL5 as well?


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