[Bug 1442394] Re: proftpd mod_auth_file fails with crypt(3): Invalid argument

[Mario Emmenlauer]

I've tested several older versions of proftpd on trusty now, all with the same error message. So the problem might not originate in proftpd, but rather in another library.  With google I found various references that supposedly the behavior of crypt has changed sometime ago. Could this be related? See for example:
http://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/47529/

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Title:
  proftpd mod_auth_file fails with crypt(3): Invalid argument

Status in proftpd-dfsg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I use for authentication in proftpd the mod_auth_file. This used to
  work well with proftpd-basic (1.3.2c-1ubuntu0.1) from lucid-updates,
  but fails with proftpd-basic (1.3.5~rc3-2.1ubuntu2) for the same
  setup. The error in proftpd logfile is

  mod_auth_file/1.0: error using crypt(3): Invalid argument

  Here the relevant section from my config file:
  AuthOrder                       mod_auth_file.c
  AuthGroupFile                   /home/www/configsystem/proftpd.group.passwd
  AuthUserFile                    /home/www/configsystem/proftpd.user.passwd

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: proftpd-basic 1.3.5~rc3-2.1ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-49.81-generic 3.13.11-ckt17
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-49-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.8
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Fri Apr 10 00:49:09 2015
  SourcePackage: proftpd-dfsg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2015-04-09 (0 days ago)
  mtime.conffile..etc.default.proftpd: 2015-04-10T00:16:51.463030
  mtime.conffile..etc.init.d.proftpd: 2015-04-09T23:54:08.146334

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