I just had a strange experience. I created a new user on a server (Ubuntu 10.04, Plesk installed) and then wanted to set the password. Look at that output:
# useradd dev
# passwd dev
Enter new password:
Retype new password:
Geben Sie ein neues UNIX-Passwort ein:
Geben Sie das neue UNIX-Passwort erneut ein:
I had to give a password 4 times. The latter 2 prompts are in german. The password for the latter 2 requests needed to differ from the one given first. What's going on here?
update: # cat /etc/pam.d/passwd # # The PAM configuration file for the Shadow `passwd' service #
@include common-password
# cat /etc/pam.d/system-auth
cat: /etc/pam.d/system-auth: Datei oder Verzeichnis nicht gefunden
(/etc/pam.d/system-auth doesn't exist) Btw. can I somehow set all such output to be english, without changing system locale (which may affect other things)?
update2:
# cat /etc/pam.d/common-password
# here are the per-package modules (the "Primary" block)
password optional pam_plesk.so try_first_pass
password [success=1 default=ignore] pam_unix.so obscure sha512
# here's the fallback if no module succeeds
password requisite pam_deny.so
# prime the stack with a positive return value if there isn't one already;
# this avoids us returning an error just because nothing sets a success code
# since the modules above will each just jump around
password required pam_permit.so
# and here are more per-package modules (the "Additional" block)
# end of pam-auth-update config
Looks like Plesk is the culprit. Correct?