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Re: PAM and shadow passwords - How do I enable it?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael K. Johnson)
Wed Oct 23 09:46:54 1996
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From: "Michael K. Johnson" <johnsonm@redhat.com>
In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 22 Oct 1996 20:29:50 EDT."
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Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 09:44:50 -0400
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Elliot Lee writes:
>On Tue, 22 Oct 1996, Juan A. Pons wrote:
>> 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.
I should point out that xlock, vlock, and the user configuration tool
will no longer work. Other than that, everything we are aware of will
work fine.
michaelkjohnson
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