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Authored by trasz on Dec 11 2020, 11:35 AM.
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Summary

Make pam_unix(8) not prompt for password, if it's set to an empty
one - just like we don't prompt for password if the hash itself
is empty.

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Add a separate option, "emptyok", so we can commit it without changing
the default behaviour.

lib/libpam/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix.c
97

Seems this should really be called emptypasswd.

127

Should we check for the option and flag before calling crypt()?

Seems ok to me. It would be best if someone more familiar with PAM would look at this.

This revision is now accepted and ready to land.Mar 31 2021, 4:15 PM