[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > No, there is a copyright problem with the shadow suite for Linux. It seems > that a new Linux shadow package with a more suitable copyright is in the > works.
There was a copyright problem, but the author has released the package under BSD-style copyright, and I now maintain it. The latest version with some bug fixes is available from ftp://ftp.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow/shadow-current.tar.gz > In case your question meant "what would be involved to create a shadow > password suite", the answer is "a lot". Check the mailing list archive for > debian-devel on http://www.debian.org where some other schemes were also > discussed not too long ago. The shadow password suite already exists, no need to create one :-). It still needs some code cleanup though. I'm working on it. The problem is that it is not enough to just install one package - several other packages need to be shadow-aware. Fortunately, everything that is necessary (getspnam()) is in libc5. It is easy to make the same binaries work with both shadow and non-shadow passwords. I know some people don't like shadow passwords. Others (like me) don't like non-shadow passwords :-). The best way to keep everyone happy is to make them optional and let the user decide... Marek
