Uh, yeah, I guess. On RH 5.1. Also there's an old Slackware installation
(3.2) which also has shadow pws enabled.
> Whatever it is, there is no need for you to install the util-linux login
> program. Read its documentation, and you will find there are options to
> disable the things you don't need. If you set the config correctly,
> util-linux will not overwrite your existing shadow utilities.
Now I'm confident again. Thanx!
> >And what's the reasoning behind not supporting shadow passwords in
> >util-linux?
>
> Because the shadow suite supersedes the util-linux login program. Nobody
> should be using the util-linux login anymore. Even if you keep your passwords
> in /etc/passwd, the shadow suite's highly configurable login program is
> reason enough to install it.
Shouldn't the shadow suite be "melted" into util-linux then?
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