Subject: Re: HELP! can't login after ydl 2.0 install
From: Scott Frankel (leknarf@pacbell.net)
Date: Sun Jun 03 2001 - 22:41:56 MDT
Thanks!
"Peter M. Bagnall" wrote:
> >
> >p.s. I'm guessing that the default install method sets up the shadow
> >password business, right? How can I double-check if that's active?
>
> more /etc/passwd should give you output like...
>
> root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
> bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:
> daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:
> adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:
> lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:
> sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
> shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
>
> and so on.
>
> The x just after the first colon is where the password would be if
> shadowing was not active, the fact it's an x means the password is
> elsewhere, namely the shadowfile.
>
> As root if you more /etc/shadow you should see a listing for each
> account, with a crypted password too (and a bunch of other details).
>
> Pete
> --
> Peter M. Bagnall
> pete@surfaceeffect.com - http://www.surfaceeffect.com/
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