[debbugs-tracker] bug#35996: closed (User account password got locked when booting old generation)

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> User account password got locked when booting old generation
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> Wed, 29 May 2019 22:45:17 +0200
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> After I reconfigured to a broken, unbootable generation and then
> rebooted to an old working generation, I found my user account
> password was locked.  This was my /etc/shadow:
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> root::18045::::::
> florian:!:18045::::::
> nobody:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder01:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder02:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder03:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder04:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder05:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder06:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder07:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder08:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder09:!:18045::::::
> guixbuilder10:!:18045::::::
> ntpd:!:18045::::::
> messagebus:!:18045::::::
> polkitd:!:18045::::::
> geoclue:!:18045::::::
> colord:!:18045::::::
> avahi:!:18045::::::
> gdm:!:18045::::::
> httpd:!:18045::::::
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> Logging in as root (root had an empty password before as well) and
> running `passwd florian` fixed it, and I *cannot* reproduce the bug
> anymore by booting the broken generation again, i.e. my password
> remains set now.
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> I presume it is not possible to lock a password by typing the wrong
> password too often on the virtual console?
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> If you think this is not enough material to work on, feel free to
> close this bug, but there seems to be some misbehavior somewhere in
> Guix’ password management.
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> (The reason for the new generation’s brokenness seems unrelated; it
> could not boot after I tried adding syslogd to the requirements of
> udev-shepherd-service.)
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> Regards,
> Florian
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> Thu, 06 Jun 2019 10:04:33 +0200
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> Hello!
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> "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 11:13:34PM +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
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> >> The attached patch for Shepherd moves everything before loading the
> >> config file.  I think it will have the desired effect, though I’m not
> >> entirely sure the signal handler would run at the right time etc.
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> > It works for me without recovering journal message (and taking an
> > insignificantly longer time to reboot).
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> Excellent.  Pushed as Shepherd commit
> c6f250d1fd1afa9ee49c8bb2414eee087b672789.
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> Thank you!
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> Ludo’.
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