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From: Sam Stickland (sam_ml_at_spacething.org)
Date: Tue 29 Apr 2003 - 15:14:29 BST


Does Redhat 7.3 use shadow passwords by default, while 6.2 doesn't?

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From: "Lyn St George" <lyn_at_zolotek.net>
To: <vserver_at_solucorp.qc.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [vserver] Starting a VServer

> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 23:57:55 +0000, Lyn St George wrote:
>
> >Hi all
> >
> >I need to build a new 'ref' server to replace the old one (so
> >as to use glib 2.2.x instead of 2.1.x) and have run into an
> >unexpected problem.
> >
> >The new 'ref' server is built from RH7.3 the same way as the
> >old one was built from RH6.2, ie, everything from: /bin, /sbin,
> >/lib, /usr, /var was copied into 'ref1', and config files from /etc
> >and others into 'ref2'. A new virtual server is then built from
> >/usr/sbin/vserver using hard links from ref1, and plain copies
> >from ref2. This has always worked well enough in the past.
> [snip]
>
> To reply to my own message: the problem now is that, while
> a new vserver will start, it does not differentiate properly
> between root and ordinary users. Eg, 'su some_user' while
> root results in a request for a password.
>
> This means that something like 'su -c "/bin/foo" user' will not work
> without being given a password, which is not practical. It really
> does need to be fixed.
>
> Root appears to be still root (eg root can edit a file owned by root
> without problem) and users are less privileged (eg a user still
> cannot edit a file owned by root, as it should be), and root is listed
> in /etc/passwd as having a UID of zero which 'man su' says means
> that a password should not be requested.
>
> As root, 'id' prints both uid and gid as zero, as it should.
>
> I'm quite lost on this one. Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
>
> -
> Cheers
> Lyn St George
>
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