On Jun 4, 8:16pm, Felix Izquierdo wrote:
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) general password questions
> Arnie Roberts wrote:
> >
> > Am I right in thinking that password expiry would work naturally
> > if I moved to NT or Unix and used the system password files rather
> > than the flat file I'm using now?
> >
>
> The actual AuthSYSTEM.pm version doesn't work with the /etc/shadow file
> in Unix, and the passwords and expiry information are in this file in
> many Unix. You can get it with a very little patch using the
> Shadowf/Shadows Perl module. I use the Solaris native user database as
> repository for usernames/passwords/expiry-dates and it works fine for
> me.
There is now a patched version of AuthSYSTEM.pm available that can optionally
use getspnam from the Shadowf/Shadows Perl module
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