[scponly] Re: Patch: passwd compatibility in chroots

[Ensel Sharon]

Kaleb,

On Thu, 9 Mar 2006, Kaleb Pederson wrote:

> At the request of a couple of people, I'm resubmitting an updated patch for 
> the ability to change passwords when using a chroot.
> 
> Typically, if the passwd program is executed in a chroot, it will, at best, 
> change the password and shadow files that exist within the chroot.  This, 
> however, is generally not sufficient to enable the user to log into the 
> system with the password that they now expect to be set, as the shadow file 
> is outside of the chroot (note, this might not apply to other auth 
> mechanisms).
> 
> The attached patch (against CVS HEAD) does the following when 
> --enable-chrooted-passwd-compat is enabled:


Thank you so much - I really needed this and appreciate it a lot.

A quick question - do I need _both_ flags:

--enable-passwd-compat
--enable-chrooted-passwd-compat

Or can I just use the second one which performs the functions of both ?  I
ask because after configuinr with _only_ your flag, I noticed that the
passwd binary did not get placed into my new jail ...

Thanks again.