On a new SCO box (i686-UnixWare7.1.0-sysv5), configure fails to find the
library for passwd shadowing.
It then configures as if there were no shadowing, and `su' fails to verify
passwords.
The correct link option is `-lgen'. Have configure check for it like this:
--- configure~ Thu Mar 9 11:03:03 2000
+++ configure Thu Mar 9 11:03:36 2000
@@ -10212,6 +10212,7 @@
# SysV needs -lsec, older versions of Linux need -lshadow for shadow
passwords.
+# UnixWare 7 needs -lgen.
echo $ac_n "checking for library containing getspnam""... $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -10243,7 +10244,7 @@
fi
rm -f conftest*
if test "$ac_cv_search_getspnam" = "no"; then
- for ac_lib in shadow sec; do
+ for ac_lib in shadow sec gen; do
LIBS="-l$ac_lib $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
#line 10250 "configure"
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