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-rw-r--r--modules/pam_unix/pam_unix_passwd.c7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix_passwd.c b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix_passwd.c
index c7ee28c9..8921d1cc 100644
--- a/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix_passwd.c
+++ b/modules/pam_unix/pam_unix_passwd.c
@@ -1037,11 +1037,10 @@ PAM_EXTERN int pam_sm_chauthtok(pam_handle_t * pamh, int flags,
if (retval == PAM_SUCCESS) {
/*
* Various libraries at various times have had bugs related to
- * '+' or '-' as the first character of a user name. Don't take
- * any chances here. Require that the username starts with an
- * alphanumeric character.
+ * '+' or '-' as the first character of a user name. Don't
+ * allow them.
*/
- if (user == NULL || !isalnum(*user)) {
+ if (user == NULL || user[0] == '-' || user[0] == '+') {
pam_syslog(pamh, LOG_ERR, "bad username [%s]", user);
return PAM_USER_UNKNOWN;
}