[22] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: Shadow Passwords?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (root)
Mon Mar 6 20:17:53 1995
Reply-To: linux-security.id.m0rlkp2-000GZ2C;Mon@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu,
6.Mar.95.14:00.PST@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 1995 14:00:11 -0800 (PST)
From: root <root@shoostring.com>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
In-Reply-To: <199503061750.MAA02242@portal.stwing.upenn.edu>
Along with the questions of why use shadow, and why isn't shadow a standard
linux package, I had a problem recently on both my systems where shadow
stopped working mysteriously. When I used passwd to change the password,
it appended a line to the end of the shadow file, if I used usermod, it
clobbered the dates for expiry, etc. Worse of course, when I tried to
log in, no go, it was trying to read the passwd file instead of shadow.
Finally I gave it up and put the old version of passwd back on the
system, and the old login, etc. Then about 2 weeks later the same thing
happened on my second system, and I had to boot off the setup floppies to
get in and take the x out of the passwd file to get logged in. And then
I removed shadow there as well. I am about to try it again, but I have
doubts....
sean
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