Reg removal of un-used Set Password D-Bus method API

Ratan Gupta ratagupt at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Fri Mar 8 15:29:45 AEDT 2019


George,

Seems we need to clean from the following place or some other private 
branch :)

https://github.com/openbmc/openbmc-test-automation/search?q=SetPassword&unscoped_q=SetPassword

Regards
Ratan Gupta
On 08/03/19 9:35 AM, Thomaiyar, Richard Marian wrote:
> All,
>
> As part of clean-up, planning to remove unused SetPassword D-Bus 
> method API exposed through password.interface.yaml. OpenBMC master 
> code doesn't rely on this API anymore, and uses pam_chauthtok() API to 
> update the password (for security purposes). Even 
> phosphor-user-manager don't expose SetPassword D-Bus method API. 
> Following 2 commits are in review which will remove the same permanently.
>
> Please let us know, if you have any concerns or require any further 
> clarifications.
>
> 1. 
> https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/#/c/openbmc/phosphor-user-manager/+/18940/
>
> 2. 
> https://gerrit.openbmc-project.xyz/#/c/openbmc/phosphor-dbus-interfaces/+/18943/
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
>



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