On Sat, 27 Oct 2001, Vikas wrote: |Any idea how I can disable shadow passwords ? I tried yppasswd (and ypcat - |ypcat passwd > passwd.txt) , but it asked me for a master ypserver. whats |that and what should i do ?
yp* has nothing to do with /etc/passwd what you are looking for is pwconv and pwunconv read the manpages for more information (these are part of the shadow-utils rpm in RH ) |For those who want to know why I am disabling the shadow option - I |wanted to try 'crack' to crack the DES passwd in /etc/passwd . ;-) DES passwd ?? what distro are you using ?? for over 2 years now I've been on MD5 passwords... Kingsly _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
