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Re: PAM and shadow passwords - How do I enable it?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Tue Oct 22 20:35:06 1996
Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:29:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
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On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Juan A. Pons wrote:
> I've been looking high and low for this answer on many of the redhat
> mailing list archives. Unfortunately the pam-list@redhat.com is not
> searchable via the web and searching interface via email was not working
> for me. I hope this is not a FAQ, I apologize in advance if it is, but...
>
> How do I enable shadow passwords on my RH 4.0 using PAM! Did I miss
> something or is the reason there are no clear directions on how to do it
> is because it is not yet recommended! I've read a number of horror stories
> regarding pam on this and other mail lists, so maybe I should not even
> venture in to this, but at least I would like to know.
As root, type:
/usr/sbin/pwconv5
chmod 400 /etc/passwd- /etc/shadow-
That's it.
-- Elliot
http://www.redhat.com/
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