Re: Forgotten root password HELP using shadow passwords

[Brian Servis]

*- On 31 Aug, Patrick Kirk wrote about "Re: Forgotten root password HELP using 
shadow passwords"
>> Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> I am using shadow passwords.  Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
> suggest?
> 

In that case do the same procedure except modify etc/shadow and empty
out the second field.

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Re: Forgotten root password HELP using shadow passwords

[Patrick Kirk]

> Assuming you're not using shadow passwords, you'll need to boot from the

Thanks for the reply.

I am using shadow passwords.  Does that mean I'm unable to do as you
suggest?

Patrick

Re: using shadow

[Martin Schulze]

On Apr 13, Jason Killen wrote
> 
> I know that /etc/passwd must be readable by world but if shadow passwording
> is used can /etc/shadow be set to only read/write by root.
> 
> How do I setup shadowing, I know there is the libpam package but other than
> that I'm basically lost.

Start FTP and fetch those files: /debian/bo/source/base/shadow_*
If you cannot find its binaries, then recompile it.  The installation
routine will convert your old passwords.

Regards,

Joey

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Re: using shadow

[Nicolás Lichtmaier]

On Sun, 13 Apr 1997, Jason Killen wrote:

> 
> I know that /etc/passwd must be readable by world but if shadow passwording
> is used can /etc/shadow be set to only read/write by root.
> 
> How do I setup shadowing, I know there is the libpam package but other than
> that I'm basically lost.

 The next Debian release (1.3) will include shadow. You can download the
needed packages from that distribution (frozen). Those packages are login
and passwd. You will also need libc5 (>= 5.4.0).
 After installing type `shadowconfig on'.

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using shadow

[Jason Killen]

I know that /etc/passwd must be readable by world but if shadow passwording
is used can /etc/shadow be set to only read/write by root.

How do I setup shadowing, I know there is the libpam package but other than
that I'm basically lost.


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