Bug 15228

Summary:	pam_ldap/nss_ldap truncates password in /etc/ldap.secret
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Mats Loman <mats.loman>
Component:	[OLD] Library	Assignee:	Donny Davies (RETIRED) <woodchip>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	major	CC:	mjc
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description Mats Loman 2003-02-06 14:50:57 UTC

The password stored in /etc/ldap.secret is not correctly sent to the LDAP server. The last character 
is lost.  
 
If i add a character after the password stored in /etc/ldap.secret it works. 
 
I used ehtereal to see the LDAP transmissions, it verified that the last character in the password 
was missing. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Insert password in /etc/ldap.secret 
2. Try to access ldap database with: getent passwd (for example) Nothing is returned from the ldap 
database. 
3. Add an extra character in /etc/ldap.secret after the password. 
4. Try with getent passwd (for example). Entries from the LDAP server is returned. 
 
 
Actual Results:  
Se above 

Expected Results:  
Se above

Comment 1 Mats Loman 2003-02-06 17:43:47 UTC

 
Here is the real problem:  
 
from: /usr/share/doc/nss_ldap-202/README.gz 
 
If using /etc/ldap.secret, it must have a newline at the end 
of the secret. 
 
I had no newline in the file. 
 
Therefore this is no real bu I guess...

Comment 2 Donny Davies (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-02-09 00:42:59 UTC

love those README files ;)