Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-09 Thread Stephen Carville
Bench wrote: > > This is possible but you can't just issue a pwconv5 here since all > shadowed password '*' on /etc/passwd file which is the case in > Slackware instead of 'x' will be interpreted in Redhat's shadow suite a > non-shadowed password itself. You can create a script that convert all '

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Bench
I suppose that the person who originally asked about this uses the old shadow format in /etc/passwd file where 'x' is originally '*' and would like to convert it to the new format. Look at the shadowutils documentation, filename: CHANGES. On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Steve "Stevers!" Coile wrote: > O

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile
On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Bench wrote: >This is possible but you can't just issue a pwconv5 here since all >shadowed password '*' on /etc/passwd file which is the case in Slackware >instead of 'x' will be interpreted in Redhat's shadow suite a non-shadowed >password itself. You can create a script that

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Bench
This is possible but you can't just issue a pwconv5 here since all shadowed password '*' on /etc/passwd file which is the case in Slackware instead of 'x' will be interpreted in Redhat's shadow suite a non-shadowed password itself. You can create a script that convert all '*' to 'x' then issue a

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread John J. Donohue
On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Aaron Walker wrote: > Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an > /etc/passwd like: > > root:RLx6uuTK6dzWg:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh > nobody:*:-2:-2::/: > daemon:*:1:1::/: > sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh > bin:*:3:3::/bin: > uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic: > ftp

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Krzysztof Zaraska
On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Aaron Walker wrote: > Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an > /etc/passwd like: > > > Everyone is shadowed except root. Is this possible? >From the technical point of view yes. I've just checked and it seems that you may have both shadowed (wi

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Stephen Carville
Aaron Walker wrote: > > Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an > /etc/passwd like: > > root:RLx6uuTK6dzWg:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh > nobody:*:-2:-2::/: > daemon:*:1:1::/: > sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh > bin:*:3:3::/bin: > uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic: > ftp:*:5:5:Anonymous F

Re: shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile
On Sun, 8 Mar 1998, Aaron Walker wrote: >Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an >/etc/passwd like: > >root:RLx6uuTK6dzWg:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh >nobody:*:-2:-2::/: >daemon:*:1:1::/: >sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh >bin:*:3:3::/bin: >uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic: >ftp:*:5:5:Anon

shadowed password question

1998-03-08 Thread Aaron Walker
Is it possible to have shadow passwords installed and have an /etc/passwd like: root:RLx6uuTK6dzWg:0:1:Operator:/:/bin/csh nobody:*:-2:-2::/: daemon:*:1:1::/: sys:*:2:2::/:/bin/csh bin:*:3:3::/bin: uucp:*:4:4::/var/spool/uucppublic: ftp:*:5:5:Anonymous File Thief:/var/ftp: news:*:6:6::/var/spool/