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Old 11-05-2008
USN-663-1: system-tools-backends regression
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===========================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-663-1 November 05, 2008system-tools-backends regressionhttps://launchpad.net/bugs/287134===========================================================A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:Ubuntu 8.10This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions ofKubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to thefollowing package versions:Ubuntu 8.10: system-tools-backends 2.6.0-1ubuntu1.1In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect thenecessary changes.Details follow:It was discovered that passwords changed (or new users created) via the"Users and Groups" tool were created with 3DES hashing. This reduced thesecurity of stored user passwords, and was a regression from the correctMD5 hashing. This update fixes the problem; future password changeswill correct the hashing used. We apologize for the inconvenience.





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time-admin

time-admin(1)							   User Commands						     time-admin(1)

NAME

       time-admin - Basic configuration of system time, date, timezone and NTP client.

SYNOPSIS

       time-admin [gnome-std-options]

DESCRIPTION

       time-admin  enables  the  user  to  configure the default timezone and current date/time on the system. It also enables the user to turn on
       auto-synchronisation of this using NTP.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       gnome-std-options	       Standard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more informa-
				       tion.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Running the main application.

       example% time-admin

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	Application exited successfully

       >0	Application exited with failure

FILES

       The following files are used by this application:

       /usr/bin/time-admin	       Executable for time and date configuration.

       /var/spool/setup-tool-backends/backup/time
				       Backup directory for files that are modified.

       /var/run/setup-tool-backends/debug/time
				       Debug logs can be found under here.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWgnome-system-tools	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface stability	     |Uncommitted		   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.

       users-admin(1), shares-admin(1), services-admin(1), network-admin(1), gnome-std-options(5), rtc(1M), ntpdate(1M), xntpd(1M), attributes(5)

NOTES

       Written by Darren Kenny, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2006.

SunOS 5.11							    6 Nov 2006							     time-admin(1)