Messages in this thread | | | From | "Alan Curry" <> | Subject | Re: The Shadow Password Conundrum | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:06:19 -0500 (EST) |
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Juan Carlos Castro y Castro writes the following: > >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?
What are you running now? PAM login?
Whatever it is, there is no need for you to install the util-linux login program. Read its documentation, and you will find there are options to disable the things you don't need. If you set the config correctly, util-linux will not overwrite your existing shadow utilities.
> >And what's the reasoning behind not supporting shadow passwords in >util-linux?
Because the shadow suite supersedes the util-linux login program. Nobody should be using the util-linux login anymore. Even if you keep your passwords in /etc/passwd, the shadow suite's highly configurable login program is reason enough to install it.
-- Alan Curry
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