Re: Diddling /etc/{passwd,shadow}

On Mon, 2002-02-11 at 21:30, Michael O'Donnell wrote: > > > > >> In the old days I'd have simply advised him > >> to clear the password field in .../etc/passwd > >> but it's apparently rather more involved now. > > [

Re: Diddling /etc/{passwd,shadow}

On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) wrote: > > It appears that this approach does not work: > > >Password: > >su: Authentication failure > >Sorry. Well, have him paste this into /etc/shadow in the password slot: haystack[105] perl -e 'print crypt("foo", "sa"), "\n"' sa8

Re: Diddling /etc/{passwd,shadow}

>> In the old days I'd have simply advised him >> to clear the password field in .../etc/passwd >> but it's apparently rather more involved now. > [...] > > > Just take out the "x" such that it's: > > root::0:0root

Re: Diddling /etc/{passwd,shadow}

rver) such that root > (on his NFS client machine) will have either > no password or at least a different password. > In the old days I'd have simply advised him > to clear the password field in .../etc/passwd > but it's apparently rather more involved now. > > Advice

Diddling /etc/{passwd,shadow}

days I'd have simply advised him to clear the password field in .../etc/passwd but it's apparently rather more involved now. Advice? The alternative is for me to change it on my local machine and ship him all 100Mb of filesystem all over again, something I'd really rather not have t

RE: /etc/passwd- ?

Uh oh...he found them. How quick can we get a "cleaner" out there? Good...leave no trace -Larry > -Original Message- > From: Paul Lussier [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: /etc

Re: /etc/passwd- ?

I believe those files are created by pwconv (the password/shadow conversion utility). Quoting Paul Lussier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ... > Anyone know what the /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- files are? They > appear to > be backup versions of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, but I ca

/etc/passwd- ?

Hi all, Anyone know what the /etc/passwd- and /etc/shadow- files are? They appear to be backup versions of /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow, but I can't seem to find any documentation even acknowledging the existence of these files. Anyone know? Thanks, -- Seeya, Paul I