... of the shadow suite, recently released a version of the shadow library functions ... information from /etc/shadow via NIS kind of defeats the purpose of the shadow suite ...
... Some systems use shadow passwords , and have moved the passwords to /etc/shadow . ... The user group database is kept in /etc/group ; for systems with shadow passwords, there can be a /etc/shadow.group . ...
... Next: Using NIS with Shadow Up: The Network Information System Previous: Choosing ... for login suites that don't use shadow password, like those included in the util ... The intricacies of using shadow passwords with NIS will be covered below. ...
... Shadow password file on systems with shadow password software installed. ... Shadow passwords move the encrypted password from /etc/passwd into /etc/shadow ; the latter is not readable by anyone except ...
... Shadow suite is fairly easy to install and will automatically convert your non ... as root, the `` /etc/shadow '' file (assuming you're using shadow passwords; if not ...
... Many Linux systems have shadow passwords . ... password is stored in a separate file, /etc/shadow , which only root can read ... needs to verify a user is setuid, and can therefore access the shadow password file ...
... If you have the shadow password suite installed, you can do this with the useradd command: # useradd -d /var/spool/uucppublic -G uuguest -s /usr/lib/uucp/uucic If you don't use the shadow password suite, you probably have to edit /etc/passwd by hand ...
... It is especially important that you remember to move over your user account information in the `` /etc/passwd '', `` /etc/group '', and, if you are using shadow passwords, `` /etc/shadow ''! ...