On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 07:51:19PM +0200, Tommi Virtanen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 02, 1998 at 04:14:37PM +0000, Lorens Kockum wrote: > > Are there any reasons at all for keeping crypted passwords in > > /etc/passwd ? > > NIS is notorious for not working with shadowed passwords
Of course, forgot that. Should have stayed in bed yesterday. As a corollary, where do you find the source of the programs executed during the install of debian? I ask because I wanted to check if the install points out the NIS problem when it asks whether to use shadow passwords. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .