On 6/10/99 Joseph Durbin wrote:
>Big Problem, hopefully easy solution!
>
>I ran the upgrade 5.0 -->5.2 of redhat.
>
>It installed the Shadow passwords "Feature"
>with my custom programs, I cannot easily take advantage of the
>shadow passwording.... Cannot find a way to shut if off!! help!!
>
>(getting sick of copy-pasting crypts from shadow to passwd file!!)
to go back to regular old unix passwd files run
# pwunconv
and then
# grpunconv
I am not sure if these are well behaved enough to do the Right Thing
with partially converted passwd files... it might not be a bad idea
to make backups first (never a bad idea :))
if you want to add proper support for shadowed passwords relatively
easily look into the Linux PAM project (Pluggable Authentication
Modules)
Best Regards,
Ethan Benson
To obtain my PGP key: http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/pgp/
