On at least some versions of linux there is a pwunconvert command that will unshadow passwords. Haven't had to use it in something like four years though, so that info may no longer be current.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:trilug-admin@;trilug.org] On Behalf Of Paul D. Boyle > Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 1:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] how to unshadow > > > > Quick one I hope - - - im in a pinch - how do I unshadow my passwd > > Is there a shell script - do I have to do it by hand - > or is there a > > passwd argument > > I wrote a little (sort of lame) C program to do this for an > IRIX box I have. You can ftp from, > ftp://ftp.xray.ncsu.edu/pub/irix/utils/pwunconv.c compile it with -DLINUX in the gcc command line and you should be OK. The code doesn't make any attempt to put exclusive locks on the files, so if you are the paranoid type or your machine tends to have a lot of users, run this code when you are in single user mode to be safe. Paul -- Paul D. Boyle | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director, X-ray Structural Facility | phone: (919) 515-7362 Department of Chemistry - Box 8204 | FAX: (919) 515-5079 North Carolina State University | http://www.xray.ncsu.edu Raleigh, NC, 27695-8204 _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
