On 14 Nov 1998, Gordon Matzigkeit wrote: > Hi!
Hello! > >>>>> M C Vernon writes: > > MCV> To explain - hda4 is my linux partition (though it is the second > MCV> on the disk - go figure), but trying to mount hd0a thro hd0d > MCV> produces the same effect :( > > Again, if you're using hda4, that translates into Mach hd0s4, *not* > hd0d. Ugh! where _did_ I get hd0d from? duh! > MCV> Also will installing GRUB from floppy screw my lilo setup (which > MCV> is on hda), or will that be safe? and I guess I need to change > MCV> lilo to let me boot /dev/hdb1 as well.... <to anyone else reading>I still don't know about this.... > MCV> can I just copy /etc/passwd from the linux partition (uses > MCV> shadow passwords)? > > The Hurd doesn't know shadow passwords yet, so you'll have to merge > them back into the passwd file if you want to login to one of those > accounts. Does that mean that I would have to run my linux box w'out shadow passwords? and isn't that a bit of a security hole? And if it's OK to do, how do I do that and turn shadowing off? Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
