Linux Shadow Password HOWTO

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Linux Shadow Password HOWTO

Michael H. Jackson, `mhjack at tscnet.com`

v1.3, 3 April 1996

This document aims to describe how to obtain, install, and configure the Linux password Shadow Suite. It also discusses obtaining, and re]installing other software and network daemons that require access to user passwords. This other software is not actually part of the Shadow Suite, but these programs will need to be recompiled to support the Shadow Suite. This document also contains a programming example for adding shadow support to a program. Answers to some of the more frequently asked questions are included near the end of this document.

1. Introduction.

2. Why shadow your passwd file?

3. Getting the Shadow Suite.

4. Compiling the programs.

5. Installing

6. Other programs you may need to upgrade or patch

Claws Mail 3.7.2
Email client (and news reader), based on GTK+
Samba 3.4.0
Provides file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients
Amaya 11.2
Complete web browsing and authoring environment
Linux Kernel 2.6 2.6.30.1
Linux Kernel
Scintilla 1.79
Free source code editing component
Sawfish 1.5.0
An extensible window manager
ImageMagick 6.5.4.2
ImageMagick image processing studio
Wine 1.1.25
Free implementation of Windows on Unix
GEdit 2.26.3
Small but powerful text editor
WebGUI 7.7.13
A fully featured content management system.

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