passwds

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jan van Rensburg wrote:

> i'm using redhat 5.2 with /etc/passwd. however, before i put the system into
> production i will use /etc/shadow instead. luke, did you imply that this is
> a known issue when using a nt4 sp4 setup?

yes.
 
> --jan van rensburg 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gerald Carter [mailto:cartegw at Eng.Auburn.EDU]
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 8:34 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list
> > Subject: Re: passwds
> > 
> > 
> > Jan van Rensburg wrote:
> > > 
> > > passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd
> > > 
> > > the unix password syncing work, except that it changes 
> > > root's password and not the samba user's password -  as 
> > > should be expected, i guess...
> > 
> > What OS are you using? Are you using NIS or a 
> > local /etc/passwd file?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > jerry
> > ______________________________________________________________
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> > University 
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