Hi all This is not related to Linux but still I feel it is important enough to share this experience. The VSNL Lucknow server was unoperational for the last 3 days or so. It has started working today. When I tried to log in today I was denied access while a friend of mine could connect easily. My password is really good. Only I know it, is unpronounceable, has capital and small letters as well as digits and is 9 characters long. I also change my password every week or so or whenever I let a friend use it for some time. After several tries I tried the password that I had used _before_ this one and was able to log in. It seems to me that the passwd file on the vsnl server got corrupted somehow as well as any backup copy they may have had of it. As a last resort they replaced the passwd file with an older backup of the same. Since my friend has not changed his password since a long time his password was not affected but my was. I would like someone more experienced to tell whether I have got the picture right or not? Could it have happened they way I see it? What is shadow password? thanks Govind email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- For information on this and other Linux India mailing lists check out http://lists.linux-india.org/
