Re: Shadow Passwords
Donald Lambert writes:
Donald> Hello, I was wondering if debian has a package for shadowing
Donald> passwords.
No, there is a copyright problem with the shadow suite for Linux. It seems
that a new Linux shadow package with a more suitable copyright is in the
works.
Donald> As well what would be involved to shadow the passwords
Err, do you know what shadow passwords are? All it means is that the
world-readable file /etc/passwd does no longer contain the encrypted password
which are moved to the file /etc/shadow which is only root-readable. They are
hence hidden from crackers. "In the shadow" as opposed to "in the sunlight".
In case your question meant "what would be involved to create a shadow
password suite", the answer is "a lot". Check the mailing list archive for
debian-devel on http://www.debian.org where some other schemes were also
discussed not too long ago.
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Dirk Eddelb"uttel http://qed.econ.queensu.ca/~edd
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