[2706] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: new xlogin problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Mon Mar 8 13:09:24 1999
To: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
Cc: amu@MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko), Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>,
linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 08 Mar 1999 13:08:56 -0500
In-Reply-To: Kev's message of Mon, 08 Mar 1999 13:00:41 EST
I dont think that will help with the al library -- I didn't think it
moved-and-reopened the file. So, you wouldn't get the necessary copy
of the data, which is what you want.
-derek
Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > > That doesn't help with the root password -- great, I can see it now..
> > > After the first reboot the root password no longer works! Whee!
> >
> > Oops, duh.
>
> ln /etc/passwd /etc/passwd.local?
> --
> Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch@mit.edu>
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