RE: slink-->potato (or "apt-get rules!")
>
> Also, how can I install shadow passwords in potato? I need them because
> my other machines use them, and I use NIS to share passwords. The users
> can't log in to the potato machine because there is no /etc/shadow. Would
> it be enough to create a shadow file that contains nothing but "+:::::" or
> however many colons are required in it? Or is there more that must happen
> for shadow passwords to work over NIS?
As root -> 'shadowconfig on'
test that everything is happy BEFORE you log out. You may need to change your
password so that shadow knows about it.
Reply to: