Miquel van Smoorenburg writes: > > Well the login we're using now is from util-linux, and unless you can get > the shadow patches into the upstream source (which wouldn't be a bad idea) > it would be easier to use the login from the shadow package I think. > You can use the Replaces: header for that. The same goes for newgrp. > In fact I think you can drop newgrp since it isn't needed under Linux, we > have BSD groups support.
But then I think we shoudl keep newgrp just for compatibility. > vipw and vigr should be rewritten so that they can edit the passwd+shadow. > I've got a vipw that merges passwd+shadow, lets you edit the merge, and > then splits it again. It also adheres to the shadow password locking > convention. If you want it drop me a line. Yes. Of course I'm interested. Could you either send it to me via email or place it in my directory on yar or upload it to my ftp site (feivel.informatik.rwth-aachen.de) and drop me a line please? > Also, you'll have to replace adduser ofcourse. This will be easy; shadow > comes with a command line utility "useradd" that just needs a simple > perl wrapper around it that emulates adduser functionality. For the first step it seems to be easier to add a call to useradd to the adduser script we're using already. > Bruce (I think it was Bruce) mentioned that we want shadow passwords as > a standard feature for 1.2; so I think just making sure all conflicting > packages get upgraded to work with shadow and letting shadow conflict > with the older packages would do the job. That should be a Breaks: not a Conflicts: entry. But since we don't have Breaks: ... > Which reminds me: RedHat is going to integrate PAM into their next release. > Perhaps now is a good time to look if we should consider using that too, > or if we think that shadow is good enough for now. If we can get PAM, too, I'm all for integrating it. What has to be done? Michael -- Michael Meskes | _____ ________ __ ____ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / ___// ____/ // / / __ \___ __________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | \__ \/ /_ / // /_/ /_/ / _ \/ ___/ ___/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ___/ / __/ /__ __/\__, / __/ / (__ ) Use Debian Linux! | /____/_/ /_/ /____/\___/_/ /____/