14 Jun
2006
14 Jun
'06
10:42 p.m.
On Wed, Jun 14, 2006 14:50:01 PM -0500, Jason Bradley Nance (aitrus@tresgeek.net) wrote:
Can I "move" the live, running system to longer passwords, and how? or is a reinstall necessary?
You want to use pwconv and grpconv to swap your /etc/passwd and /etc/group files to using shadow files.
/etc/passwd has all 'x' in the passwd field, and /etc/shadow has unreadable strings in the same field. This means shadow passwords are already enabled and I don't need at all to run pwconv/grpconv, right?
Run "authconfig" and make sure you have selected to use md5 and shadow passwords first.
Does it matter when I run it? I mean before or after pwconv/grpconv, assuming I still need to use them?
TIA, Marco
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