> try to login with 'user' via ftp (using the newly created shadow file), ftp deamons usually provide command for creating passwd files, proftpd: ftpasswd, muddleftpd: mudpasswd.
> user:$apr1$DlJ9I...$E8VL0rjQKdl1pVgH2q10C. > user:$1$NR.fOvEF$.hOr7l7msiIfz6sP4l0yS/ Even with the same tools passwds wont match: pokurcz:/tmp# passwd oracle Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully pokurcz:/tmp# grep oracle /etc/shadow oracle:$1$wRhm9QF5$3r41IcRFn0P/PO5Yg5VqK/:12387:0:99999:7::: pokurcz:/tmp# passwd oracle Enter new UNIX password: Retype new UNIX password: passwd: password updated successfully pokurcz:/tmp# grep oracle /etc/shadow oracle:$1$IEy1afpX$6F5lP3Axj8nA0s639qz441:12387:0:99999:7::: And that was the same password. > So my question is, that is it possible to create passwords for a shadow > file with a command line tool? You could use PAM for that - create pam setting with alternative location for files, and point your passwd to that pam ( /etc/pam.d/passwd ). But in general, I'd like to hear the answer to that question. -- Dariush Pietrzak, Key fingerprint = 40D0 9FFB 9939 7320 8294 05E0 BCC7 02C4 75CC 50D9
