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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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mcs-query-backends

MCS-QUERY-BACKENDS(1)						   User Commands					     MCS-QUERY-BACKENDS(1)

NAME

       mcs-query-backends - a tool to return available backends for your mcs system.

DESCRIPTION

       mcs-query-backends is a maintenance tool for your mcs installation.
       It will show you all available backends to store your configuration files.

SYNOPSIS

       mcs-query-backends

OPTIONS

       mcs-query-backends has no options.

FILES

       /etc/mcs-backend
	      Use "default", "kconfig" or "gconf" to select which backend will be used to store mcs-managed applications settings.
	      "kconfig" and "gconf" are available through libmcs-backend-gconf and libmcs-backend-kconfig packages.

       ~/.mcs-backend
	      Overrides /etc/mcs-backend.

SEE ALSO

       mcs-info(1)
       mcs-getconfval(1)
       mcs-setconfval(1)
       mcs-walk-config(1)
       Homepage: http://www.atheme.org/projects/mcs.shtml

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Adam Cecile <gandalf@le-vert.net> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).
       Permission  is  granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 or any
       later version published by the Free Software Foundation.
       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

0.6.0								   January 2008 					     MCS-QUERY-BACKENDS(1)