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2003 Nov 17
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3.7.1P2, PermitRootLogin and PAM with hidden NISplus passwords
...running on Solaris versions 2.6 - 9 with a NISplus name service.
The permissions on the NISplus password map have been modified to
limit read access to the encrypted password field of the passwd table
to only the entry owner and the table administrators. See:
http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/801-6633/6i10dhc35?a=view
This modification means that only a validated user can see the encrypted
password field and further the user can see _only_ his or her own
password, all other entries are returned as "*NP*".
This behavior poses a chicken and egg problem: how can a user be
authenticated when the pa...