Re: MD5 passwords and su

[Galen Hazelwood <galenh@micron.net>]

The version of su you're using (from shellutils) isn't part of the
shadow password suite.  It's smart enough to use shadow password
functions if it finds them in the library, which it does, but other
shadow features (ENV_SUPATH, SU_WHEEL, MD5 passwords) aren't available.

If you want them, you need to replace shellutils's su with the shadow-su
package.  It should be in the distribution somewhere; I can't say where,
I don't use it.

--Galen



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