Re: using shadow
On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Jason Killen wrote:
>
> I know that /etc/passwd must be readable by world but if shadow passwording
> is used can /etc/shadow be set to only read/write by root.
>
> How do I setup shadowing, I know there is the libpam package but other than
> that I'm basically lost.
The next Debian release (1.3) will include shadow. You can download the
needed packages from that distribution (frozen). Those packages are login
and passwd. You will also need libc5 (>= 5.4.0).
After installing type `shadowconfig on'.
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Nicolás Lichtmaier.-
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