[1451] in bugtraq
Re: Shadowed PW file under OSF/1
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Software Test Account)
Wed Apr 12 05:01:50 1995
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 09:10:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Software Test Account <softtest@wu1.wl.aecl.ca>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.950410141017.910B-100000@durian.usc.edu.ph>
To: "Cenon B.C. Marana Jr." <bonn@durian.usc.edu.ph>
Cc: "John F. Haugh II" <jfh@rpp386.cactus.org>, bugtraq@fc.net
On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Cenon B.C. Marana Jr. wrote:
>
> On Sun, 9 Apr 1995, John F. Haugh II wrote:
>
> > > Me too.. how about for OSF/1? or is there a good/recommended tool for
> > > such?
>
> > Same deal. Shadow frequently requires some tweaking to make it run under
> > different OS's, but with work the login, su and passwd commands =should=
>
> Thanks.. any site available for such?...
>
> > be usable. However, I thought that OSF/1 already had "shadowed" passwords
> > as it borrowed some of its security model from SecureWare.
>
> Checked yet found none.. maybe on newer versions.. actually am now on DEC
> OSF/1 ver 2.0.. any comments?
>
>
OSF/1 ver 3.0 with the enhanced security has a very good shadowed
password system. Ver 3.2 should fix some of the strange OSFisms, but
overall it works quite well.
Erik
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