On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 09:18:59AM -0500, nick black wrote: >Marc Haber left as an exercise for the reader: >> On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 21:11:40 -0500, nick black >> <dankamong...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >i'm absolutely not suggesting we stop supporting NIS or other >> >programs which rely on unshadowed passwords. it's a big ol' >> >tent, and we have more than enough room for you to carry forth >> >the torch of Solaris 2. i just don't think this belongs in the >> >installer anymore. >> >> Amen. NIS-based systems usually have professional administrators who >> are well able to change the configuration. > >hahah, yes i thought you might support the idea based off >adduser changelogs circa 2005 =]. > >thanks to you and peter for voicing your support. i will head >off to #debian-boot and try to drum up a merge.
I'll be honest, I've been horrified for years that we can still ask the shadow question. I hadn't realised it might be relevant for NIS. Even so, +1 from me. Let's get this done, I think... -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com Is there anybody out there?
