Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:35:56 -0300 | From | Juan Carlos Castro y Castro <> | Subject | The Shadow Password Conundrum |
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Okay, step by step.
1) In order to use 2.2.x, I have to update a plethora of system utilities.
2) Among them, the ones included in util-linux (including login, passwd and others).
3) The util-linux README (newest version) says it doesn't support shadow paswords! (Using /etc/passwd is not acceptable for me.)
4) I could install, over util-linux, the Shadow Password Suite found at
ftp://i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow
but is it safe? There's a July 98 version deemed stable, and a December 98 version deemed "development". None of them ever mentions kernel 2.2 or the newest version of util-linux.
What do I do?
And what's the reasoning behind not supporting shadow passwords in util-linux?
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