# Ricardo Kleemann wrote about "shadow for debian" on 10/02/96: > Does debian have a shadow package which would simplify installation of > shadow? Or do I have to install it manually?
There is a Debian shadow package available at the Shadow suite FTP site (ftp://serek.arch.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/shadow/) which comes in 3 separate .deb files covering the 3 aspects of the shadow system (login, passwd, and su). The package is currently at Version 960810-1 and its maintainer is Michael Meskes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- I've been using it for a little while and it works just fine. I recompiled mine from scratch, but it's nice to have the basic debian package as a start. This is the first version that's a complete drop-in replacement for the base login & passwd stuff.. it even converts your existing password file over automatically. It's also safe to use these new shadow tools on an unshadowed system (i.e. they will use /etc/passwd if a user isn't found in /etc/shadow). Implements nicely with Debian, but I'd still advise anyone to read the shadow suite docs if they are going to use it (even if it's in a nice easy-install package). take care, kevin -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] (personal priority mail address) <a href="http://www.paranoia.com/";> got nothing better to do? </a> "The Internet interprets the US Congress as damage and routes around it" -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
