[771] in Release_7.7_team
Re: passwd reversion
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jonathon Weiss)
Mon Oct 28 17:40:22 1996
From: Jonathon Weiss <jweiss@MIT.EDU>
To: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
Cc: release-team@MIT.EDU, jjmorey@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:36:21 EST."
<AmRHJZkGgE6e0Af3g0@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 17:39:48 EST
> Is it possible that Mr. Hunt is not remembering to copy /etc/passwd to
> /etc/passwd.local after changing the root passwd?
>
> Wouldn't this cause the root password to revert after a reactivate?
yup, except that it is /etc/shadow and /etc/shadow.local on a sun.
Jonathon
