On Mon, May 27, 2002 at 09:09:46PM -0500, Jor-el wrote: > On Mon, 27 May 2002, Jor-el wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Has anyone gotten the remember= ... argument to pam_unix module to > > work? This is supposed to check if the new passwd is one of the old > > remembered passwords. Everytime I change the password, if this argument is > > set, it tells me that the new password has already been used even if I > > _know_ that the password has not been used before. From looking at the > > source code, it appears that the old passwords list is stored in > > /etc/security/opasswd , however, my system lacks such a file. Before I go > > out and create such a file, I would like to find out if I am missing some > > Hi, > > Nevermind. This appears to be the problem reported in bug number > 95324 . It looks like the maintainer is slacking on the job since not only > is the fix mentioned in the bugreport, but implementing the fix is > trivial, and yet the problem has been open for over a year now. I'm sure this message will win you points with the maintainer :) Did you try contacting him privately before posting your bombast? -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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