On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 05:09:09PM -0400, John Mort wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Jay Gagnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What version of Fedora are you running here? In the lab we've got some > > Fedora 8 stuff and ssh was just a "turn this service on" type thing, I > > don't > > ever remember being asked about shadow tables or anything like that. > > > > -Jay > > > > > > I recall being asked if I wanted to use shadow tables when setting up > an ubuntu server install. I don't think I was asked about it when I > installed ubuntu on a laptop recently.
Shadow is pretty much default assumed at this point. It makes it a
little harder to brute force the passwords, as it requires you do it on
the system instead of mailing yourself the passwd and applying a cluster
to crack it.
> I think the problem is that I am the linux expert here. My co-worker
> (who set these up before I got here) uses mac at home and I've grown
> up using windows but have been casually playing with linux for the
> last few years. So between our ignorance we're getting some silly
> mistakes, like assigning "encrypted" passwords in plaintext and not
> knowing to save the modifications to iptables after adding rules, etc.
It's how we all learn. :) Keep the questions coming, as they're
probably ones that others on the list have run into from time to time as
well, and they are building up a nice set of explainations on how
certain things work in the mhvlug archive.
-Sean
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