Checkpassword won't work (still) on Caldera

I'm back at the beginning with this problem: checkpassword won't authenticate a valid user on a Caldera 2.2 (col 2.2.5) system. I compiled checkpassword from the sources and during compiliation there was an error about a missing 'crypt' library. Yet checkpassword appears to run. I've also tried

Re: Checkpassword won't work (still) on Caldera

Barry Dwyer writes: I'm back at the beginning with this problem: checkpassword won't authenticate a valid user on a Caldera 2.2 (col 2.2.5) system. I compiled checkpassword from the sources and during compiliation there was an error about a missing 'crypt' library. Yet checkpassword