Bug 32731 - machine secret hard-coded to 8 characters (or less)
Summary: machine secret hard-coded to 8 characters (or less)
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: UCS manual
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Domain services / LDAP
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other Linux
: P5 normal
Target Milestone: UCS 3.2
Assignee: Moritz Muehlenhoff
QA Contact: Felix Botner
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Keywords: interim-2
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Reported: 2013-09-30 08:42 CEST by Moritz Muehlenhoff
Modified: 2015-04-01 13:34 CEST (History)
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Description Moritz Muehlenhoff univentionstaff 2013-09-30 08:42:22 CEST 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #31281 +++

management/univention-ldap/10univention-ldap-server.inst:95:
      computerPassword=$(makepasswd --chars 8)
management/univention-join/univention-server-join:336:
      computerPassword="$(makepasswd --chars=8)"
base/univention-system-setup/usr/lib/univention-system-setup/scripts/setup-join.sh:122:
      echo -n "$(makepasswd)" > /etc/ldap.secret
base/univention-system-setup/usr/lib/univention-system-setup/scripts/setup-join.sh:123:
      echo -n "$(makepasswd)" > /etc/ldap-backup.secret
base/univention-server/server_password_change:84:
      new_password=$(makepasswd --chars 8)
base/univention-server/debian/univention-server-master.preinst:55:
      echo -n "$(makepasswd)" > /etc/ldap.secret
base/univention-server/debian/univention-server-master.preinst:61:
      echo -n "$(makepasswd)" > /etc/ldap-backup.secret


Should probably be configurable through an UCR variable.

Would probably help to unify the password generation instead of spreading the procedure over multiple packages and doing it slightly different.
Comment 1 Moritz Muehlenhoff univentionstaff 2013-10-07 13:42:39 CEST 
Documented in Chapter 7.1
Comment 2 Felix Botner univentionstaff 2013-10-14 10:35:28 CEST 
OK