Hmm while we doing this can we add the MD5 passwords? Aleph One / [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://underground.org/
On Fri, 25 Aug 1995, Bruce Perens wrote: > Date: Fri, 25 Aug 1995 17:26:30 -0700 > From: Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Password files > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Is the shadow password stuff part of the standard libraries (and uses > > the standard C functions like getpwnam)? > > Yes. I think the way it works is that you only get the real > pw_passwd field if you are root - otherwise you get a "*" there if that > particular user has a shadowed password. "*" will not match any encrypted > password, it's too short, and it won't match a null password. > I think all I have to do is merge the code into > the ELF libc and it will work for all of the shared library applications. If > we have static-linked applications they will have to be relinked. > > Thanks > > Bruce > > -- > -- Attention Ham Radio Operators: For information on "Linux for Hams", read > -- the World Wide Web page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, or e-mail to > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] . >
