Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 22 Feb 1999 18:20:45 -0300 | From | Juan Carlos Castro y Castro <> | Subject | Re: The Shadow Password Conundrum |
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Alan Curry wrote: > > Juan Carlos Castro y Castro writes the following: > > > >3) The util-linux README (newest version) says it doesn't support shadow > >paswords! (Using /etc/passwd is not acceptable for me.) > > > >4) I could install, over util-linux, the Shadow Password Suite found at > > > >ftp://i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow > > > >but is it safe? There's a July 98 version deemed stable, and a December > >98 version deemed "development". None of them ever mentions kernel 2.2 > >or the newest version of util-linux. > > > >What do I do? > > What are you running now? PAM login?
Uh, yeah, I guess. On RH 5.1. Also there's an old Slackware installation (3.2) which also has shadow pws enabled.
> Whatever it is, there is no need for you to install the util-linux login > program. Read its documentation, and you will find there are options to > disable the things you don't need. If you set the config correctly, > util-linux will not overwrite your existing shadow utilities.
Now I'm confident again. Thanx!
> >And what's the reasoning behind not supporting shadow passwords in > >util-linux? > > Because the shadow suite supersedes the util-linux login program. Nobody > should be using the util-linux login anymore. Even if you keep your passwords > in /etc/passwd, the shadow suite's highly configurable login program is > reason enough to install it.
Shouldn't the shadow suite be "melted" into util-linux then?
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