Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:50:05 GMT From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/138855: if the hostname is empty, opiepasswd(1) creates a seed too short Message-ID: <200909151950.n8FJo5lu087880@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR bin/138855; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Remko Lodder <remko@elvandar.org> To: deeptech71@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/138855: if the hostname is empty, opiepasswd(1) creates a seed too short Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:47:05 +0200 >> >> > An opie seed should be at least 6 chars long. It defaults to 2 chars > from the hostname and 4 random digits. > > I have don't have a hostname (not set in rc.conf) (equivalent to > hostname being "" instead of not existing?). The result is that > opiepasswd creates a seed with 4 chars only. Later, opiekey(1) > rejects this seed. >> How-To-Repeat: > # hostname "" > switch to a user who has never used opie (no entry in /etc/opiekeys) > # opiepasswd -cf >> Fix: > Could use one or two random chars if the hostname is too short > (trivially patch contrib/bin/newseed.c?). > I wonder whether this falls into the category "dont do that" situation, where people do things that we do not support. Like using a custom kernel, this smells like something that people choose for themselves. -- /"\ Best regards, | remko@FreeBSD.org \ / Remko Lodder | remko@EFnet X http://www.evilcoder.org/ | / \ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Against HTML Mail and News
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