Re: [Cpu-users] Error when trying to add a user password interactively

[Blake M. <bma...@pu...>]

I *think* I figured out what is going on here. From the getpass man page:
  "The function getpass returns a pointer to a static buffer containing the
   password without the trailing newline, terminated by a NULL. This buffer
   may be overwritten by a following call."

Since getpass is being called more than once, I think the buffer is being
overwritten. Elsewhere in the man page it says:

  "This function is obsolete. Do not use it."

So I implemented a new version of it that doesn't use a static buffer. Could
you check out the CVS version of cpu and let me know if it fixed your problem?
Also, let me know if adding a user is faster for you. There is no more GRAB*
options, it just defaults to doing that unless random is true.

-Blake

Whatchu talkin' 'bout, Willis?
> Well if I putting in the wrong password I am doing it consistently with 
> one way of setting the user password and not the other.
> 
> root@llama /usr/local/src# cpu -w useradd -p test
> Please enter the LDAP bind password:
> Please enter desired user password:
> 
> ldap: ldapOperation: ldap_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49)
> ldap: CPU_init: Error in ldapOperation.
> Something went wrong. Exiting.
> You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root
> root@llama /usr/local/src# cpu -w useradd -p test
> Please enter the LDAP bind password:
> Please enter desired user password:
> 

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