[59] in linux-security and linux-alert archive
Re: Shadow discussions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Daniel Hollis)
Wed Mar 8 06:26:00 1995
From: dhollis@hq.jcic.org (Daniel Hollis)
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 21:01:13 -0800 (PST)
In-Reply-To: <m0rm3t4-000KjbC@monad.swb.de> from "Olaf Kirch" at Mar 7, 95 07:21:37 pm
Reply-To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
[mod: people who wonder why Linux has no shadow support should take a look
at linux-gcc. There's a very educating discussion going on. --okir]
> I have the feeling this discussion about shadow passwords is not
> leading anywhere useful at the moment. As Rik explained, there are
> good reasons why the shadow suite has been removed from most Linux
> distributions, and I would expect things to stay that way. There are
> better alternatives; proactive checking being but one. Another is
> Kerberos.
>
> Please let's stop this discussion, at least as far as it's only
> concerned with why shadow passwords are better than plain passwd.
Olaf, just to get this discussion out of your hair, I will start up a
gpl-shadow mailing list. Anyone who wants to join the mailing list just
send me email and I will add you to the list. That way we can discuss the
possibility of doing a gpl shadow suite without bothering Olaf ;)
-Dan
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