Public bug reported:
We are using ubuntu xenial (16.04).
The command passwd has a problem when you install the package libpam-
script.
If you install package libpam-script, then passwd command asks for old
user password to root user:
root@myhost:~# passwd user
Current password:
The passwd command should not ask for current password to root.
Details of the system:
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS
Release: 16.04
$ cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS \n \l
$ uname -a
Linux myhost 4.4.0-93-generic #116-Ubuntu SMP Fri Aug 11 21:17:51 UTC 2017
x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@myhost:~# ls -la `which passwd`
-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 54256 May 17 01:37 /usr/bin/passwd
# dpkg -l passwd libpam-script
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Architecture Description
+++-===========================-==================-==================-============================================================
ii libpam-script 1.1.7-1 amd64 PAM module which allows executing a script
ii passwd 1:4.2-3.1ubuntu5.3 amd64 change and administer password and group data
# apt-cache policy libpam-script
libpam-script:
Installed: 1.1.7-1
Candidate: 1.1.7-1
I've tested this behaviour in a clean installation.
** Affects: libpam-script (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
passwd command problems if libpam-script is installed in xenial
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