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Bug 150695 - mail-mta/exim - shipped auth_conf.sub needs to escape colons
Summary: mail-mta/exim - shipped auth_conf.sub needs to escape colons
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Colin Morey (RETIRED)
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Reported: 2006-10-09 18:44 UTC by Peter Abrahamsen
Modified: 2007-05-06 17:59 UTC (History)
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Description Peter Abrahamsen 2006-10-09 18:44:28 UTC 
Users with colons in their passwords cannot log in with the shipped PAM authentication configuration. I found this thread with problem explanation and working solution:

problem:
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20020107/033832.html
solution:
http://www.exim.org/pipermail/exim-users/Week-of-Mon-20020107/033862.html

Cheers,
Peter
Comment 1 Colin Morey (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-04-21 12:20:46 UTC 
Fix will be included in the next commit.
Comment 2 Colin Morey (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2007-05-06 17:59:51 UTC 
committed 3rd May 2007, closing.