On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 07:31:20PM +0100, Erich Schubert wrote: > > 3. generate a random password ourselves and use a debconf note to > > inform the administrator that that password was used > 4. get the encrypted root passwort from /etc/shadow and use that? > afaik ldap supports crypt as well as md5? I dno't think I'd appreciate packages making copies of /etc/shadow password data elsewhere without asking me first. I'd prefer #3. -- Glenn Maynard