secure-su

[Jean Pierre LeJacq <jplejacq@quoininc.com>]

On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Galen Hazelwood wrote:

> 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.

Thanks!  Found it though the package is actually called secure-su.

Does anyone know if it was compiled with cracklib support?

-- 
Jean Pierre



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