Re: [TCLUG:2245] shadow passwords

[Gordon Pedersen <gordo@pclink.com>]

This is a long shot, but could it have to do with the PAM system and
some reconfiguration of it that needs to be done also when you go to
shadow.
see http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam to learn more than I know
about pam!

gordon

Ben Luey wrote:
> 
> I have rh5.1 and I just tried to install shadow passwords using the alread
> installed package shadow-utils-980403-3. I followed the how-to guide, and
> ran pwconv which then made an /etc/passwd without passwords and
> /etc/shadow (the how-to said it would make npasswd and nshadow and that
> I'd copy but, but pwconv did this for me). Everything works except that
> users can't change thier passowrds. If I type passwd, and type something
> in says authentication failure. /etc/passwd is 644 and /etc/shadow is 640.
> Any ideas? I can change passwords as root without any problems.
> 
> (I just noticed this on my friends computer with I think default install
> on rh5.2, hmm)
> 
> Ben
> 
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397
> 
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