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diff --git a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml index 6c9c3d876..4f0e84e61 100644 --- a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml +++ b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ <sect2><title>Configuring Shadow Password Suite</title> -<para>This package contains the utilities to modify user's passwords, add new -users/groups, delete users/groups and more. We're not going to explain -what 'password shadowing' means. All about that can be read in the doc/HOWTO +<para>This package contains utilities to modify users's passwords, add +or delete users and groups, and the like. We're not going to explain +what 'password shadowing' means. A full explanation can be found in the doc/HOWTO file within the unpacked shadow password suite's source tree. There's one -thing you should keep in mind, if you decide to use shadow support, that -programs that need to verify passwords (examples are xdm, ftp daemons, -pop3 daemons, etc) need to be 'shadow-compliant', e.g. they need to +thing to keep in mind if you decide to use shadow support: that +programs that need to verify passwords (for example xdm, ftp daemons, +pop3 daemons) need to be 'shadow-compliant', that is they need to be able to work with shadow'ed passwords.</para> <para>To enable shadow'ed passwords, run the following command:</para> |