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Bug 228105 - netboot-sparc64-20070724.img provides shadow without pam support
Summary: netboot-sparc64-20070724.img provides shadow without pam support
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Netboot (show other bugs)
Hardware: Sparc Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2008-06-18 15:20 UTC by Matt M
Modified: 2008-06-18 15:43 UTC (History)
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Description Matt M 2008-06-18 15:20:07 UTC 
The SPARC64 netboot image from 20070724 (found at http://mirror.ovh.net/gentoo-distfiles/experimental/sparc/tftpboot/sparc64/) provides shadow-utils without PAM support, making it impossible to 'su -'. In particular, if the system is installed without updating this package and including PAM support, one can be locked out of the root account when logging in as an ordinary user. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install a SPARC64 system using the provided netboot image. 
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Actual Results:  
Unable to 'su -'.

Expected Results:  
Should be able to 'su -' to any user, including root.
Comment 1 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2008-06-18 15:39:29 UTC 
Uhh, what? The netboot image uses busybox and automatically logs you in as root. There is no shadow package.
Comment 2 Matt M 2008-06-18 15:43:48 UTC 
My mistake! It's possible I should've filed this as a bug in the stage3 tarball. I remember that once I installed the tarball, built the kernel, and rebooted, I couldn't 'su -' to anything.