Bug 327605

Summary:	sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.2-r3: newgrp always fails with "Invalid password"
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Dirk Sondermann <ds-gentoo>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	guillaume.fabre, xmw
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	308047

Description Dirk Sondermann 2010-07-09 11:00:33 UTC

With sys-apps/shadow-4.1.4.2-r3, which was marked stable for x86 as of 03 July 2010, newgrp always fails with the error message "Invalid password" when a non-root user tries to switch to a password protected group.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new group: groupadd testgroup
2. Set a password for this group: gpasswd testgroup
3. Try to switch to the group as a non-root user: newgrp testgroup
4. At the "Password:" prompt, enter the correct password.
Actual Results:  
newgrp says "Invalid password." and returns exit status 1.

Expected Results:  
newgrp succeeds in switching to the new group.

This is an upstream bug (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=569899) which may easily be fixed by adding the existing patch (fix-etc-gshadow-reading.patch) to the ebuild.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2010-07-10 00:47:41 UTC

added the fix to 4.1.4.2-r4, thanks for the research

Comment 2 Jeroen Roovers (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-07-12 23:52:53 UTC

*** Bug 327881 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***