10030 – baselayout has a root password

Bug 10030 - baselayout has a root password

Summary: baselayout has a root password

Status:	RESOLVED INVALID

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Core system (show other bugs)
Hardware:	x86 Linux

Importance:	High major (vote)
Assignee:	Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED)

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Reported:	2002-10-31 15:29 UTC by Nicholas Jones (RETIRED)
Modified:	2003-02-04 19:42 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Nicholas Jones (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-31 15:29:12 UTC

I was looking at the merges... baselayout seemed to have a password
set for root in shadow. Is that intentional? If a user merges that
then they may have just comprimised their box and at the same time locked
themselves out.

Comment 1 Martin Schlemmer (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2002-10-31 16:10:19 UTC

Yeah, its a md5 encoded "blank" passwd.  Check pkg_postinst() .. it will *never*
update shadow and passwd if they are present ...