output formatting does not work decently for long user-selected passwords (>=13 chars)
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| makepasswd (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Medium
|
Colin Watson | ||
Bug Description
Hi,
when I generate a password hash for a user-selected password (with --clearfrom) that is longer than 12 characters,
the original password and hashed version are concatenated.
This output messes up my other scripts, since they expect 2 fields to be present when parsing.
Example:
root@melissa:~# echo AAAAAAAAAAAAA | makepasswd --crypt --clearfrom /dev/stdin
AAAAAAAAAAAAAht
root@melissa:~# echo AAAAAAAAAAAAA | makepasswd --crypt --clearfrom /dev/stdin --verbose
makepasswd v1.10 (c) 1997-1999 by Rob Levin <email address hidden>,
last modified Monday, 7 April 1999 at 22:56 (UCT)
All rights reserved by the author, licensed under GPL version 2.
Password=
The problem can be fixed in the Clear() subrouting in /usr/bin/
$CharFormat = length($Clear) + 3;
From what I can tell, this bug is present in natty, oneiric and precise
root@melissa:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 11.04
Release: 11.04
root@melissa:~# apt-cache policy makepasswd
makepasswd:
Installed: 1.10-5
Candidate: 1.10-5
Version table:
*** 1.10-5 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
kind regards,
-- Steven
| Steven Van Acker (steven-vanacker) wrote | #1 |
| Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote | #2 |
| tags: | added: patch |
| Changed in makepasswd (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in makepasswd (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | In Progress → Fix Released |
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