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Re: Shadow discussions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ed Beaumont)
Wed Mar 8 06:30:28 1995
From: Ed Beaumont <morlok@abyss.apana.org.au>
To: linux-security@tarsier.cv.nrao.edu
Date: Wed, 8 Mar 1995 14:38:18 +0000 (GMT)
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
> 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.
I agree with this entirely, and politely request that anymore discussion to be
directed to comp.os.linux.admin. I am sorry I responded to the initial
post, I didnt think it would last this long.
Appologies to all.
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