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Re: problems installing on Linux 2.0.33

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On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Jason Costomiris wrote:

> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 10:17:06 -0500
> From: Jason Costomiris <jcostom@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Michael Samuel <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: djb-qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: problems installing on Linux 2.0.33
> 
> On Mon, Jan 05, 1998 at 01:52:08PM +1100, Michael Samuel wrote:
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> : What version of libc are you using? (ldconfig -v)
> 
> Not to mention the fact that he's running shadow, and fumbled the passwd
> configuration.  I bet there aren't any entries in /etc/shadow.
> 
> : > rhino:x:7795:100:ryan woerth,,,608-259-0878:/home/rhino:/bin/bash
> : > nate:x:7796:100:nate dutra,,,:/home/nate:/bin/bash
> : > brie:x:7797:100:gabrielle berget,,,:/home/brie:/bin/bash
> : > matt:x:7798:100:matt ungaro,,,:/home/matt:/bin/bash
> : > andy:x:7799:100:andrew dolan,,,:/home/andy:/bin/bash
> : > alias:*:7800:2108::/var/qmail/alias:/bin/true
> : > qmaild:*:7801:2108::/var/qmail:bin/true
> : > qmaill:*:7802:2108::/var/qmail:/bin/true
> : > qmailp:*:7803:2108::/var/qmail:/bin/true
> : > qmailq:*:7804:2107::/var/qmail:/bin/true
> : > qmailr:*:7805:2107::/var/qmail:/bin/true
> : > qmails:*:7806:2107::/var/qmail:/bin/true
> 
> Notice how every entry other than the qmail ones has 'x' in the passwd
> field?  That means he's running shadow.  Fix the *'s to be x's, and fix
> /etc/shadow.

Not neccessarily so, as when you convert to shadow, it replaces the
password with a x, but that field is ignored.  And, useradd makes
passwords with a *. (So long as you can't crypt() it, it's OK).


> 

Michael Samuel,

Surf-Net City - Internet Cafe and Internet Service Providers
Phone: +61 3 9593-9977
E-Mail: <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
WWW: http://www.surfnetcity.com.au/~michael/

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