RE: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 18:21, Mark Dascher wrote: > Ah, ok. So the passwd (5) man page is just a bit outdated, then? (When I > read a man page, I like to make sure I understand it completely, so I > usually have to test stuff out ;) I filed a bug on it. -- Oliver Elphick

RE: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Mark Dascher
: Mark Dascher Cc: Oliver Elphick; debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 11:10:40AM -0500, Mark Dascher wrote: > OK. Do you know how I would switch from the /etc/shadow aging info to the > /etc/password aging info? I already ran pw

Re: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 11:10:40AM -0500, Mark Dascher wrote: > OK. Do you know how I would switch from the /etc/shadow aging info to the > /etc/password aging info? I already ran pwunconv, but it doesn't seem to > unconv the aging information. It's not too big a deal if you don't know > how; I'

RE: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Mark Dascher
it work like the man page says. :) -Original Message- From: Oliver Elphick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 10:18 AM To: Mark Dascher Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 14:45, Mark Dascher wrote: &

Re: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Oliver Elphick
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 14:45, Mark Dascher wrote: > In the man page for /etc/passwd, it says that password aging information can > be keps in four characters following the encrypted password field (separated > from it with a comma). However, I have tried manually entering the aging > info there (e.

Re: /etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Ralf G. R. Bergs
On Sat, 9 Mar 2002 09:45:19 -0500, Mark Dascher wrote: >Is there such a thing as an apt-get searcher, to >find which package would contain a certain file? http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages -- Sign the EU petition against SPAM: L I N U X .~. http://www.politik-digital.de/spa

/etc/passwd file, and USERSPEC.H

2002-03-09 Thread Mark Dascher
In the man page for /etc/passwd, it says that password aging information can be keps in four characters following the encrypted password field (separated from it with a comma). However, I have tried manually entering the aging info there (e.g. , or , or ,..//), but it has no effect. I tri