[H-GEN] Shaddow password setup

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Hello,

        I set up RedHat 4.2 to use shadow passwords a few weeks ago. The
info is kept on the cd, (well for 4.2 anyway) /DOC/RHMANUAL/DOC073.HTM

I set the shadow passwords like this.

cd /etc
pwconv5
chmod 600 passwd- shadow-

Hope that helps

Conor

Luke Grant wrote:

>  Hey ppl, you know how redhat 5.2 installs default with a single
> password file...no shadow. can someone point me in the right direction
> as to how to change over to shadow files thanks,Luke

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Regards,

Conor Cunningham
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