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Re: Shadow Passwords?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arne Wichmann)
Mon Mar 6 15:07:29 1995

From: aw@math.uni-sb.de (Arne Wichmann)
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 95 14:22:46 MET
In-Reply-To: <Pine.ULT.3.91.950305195435.16668A-100000@atto.engr.mun.ca>; from "Don Bennett" at Mar 5, 95 7:59 pm
Reply-To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu

Also sprach Don Bennett:
> Would someone either tell me or point me towards a FAQ on shadow 
> passwords?  I'd like too know what exactly they are and how I implement 
> them on my Linux box.  I've beenm using Linux for about a year now, so 
> I'm not entirely green.  Last time I checked, there wasn't a Security or 
> Shadow HOWTO.  Thanks for your help.

I would say this dosn't belong here.

cu

AW
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