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diff --git a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
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--- a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
+++ b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml
@@ -12,23 +12,12 @@ be able to work with shadow'ed passwords.
</para>
<para>
-Shadow'ed passwords are not enabled by default. Simply installing the
-shadow password suite does not enable shadow'ed passwords.
+To enable shadow'ed passwords, run the following command:
</para>
-<para>
-Now is a very good moment to read chapter 5 of the doc/HOWTO file. It
-describes how to enable shadow'ed passwords, how to test whether
-shadowing works and if not, how to disable it again.
-</para>
-
-<para>
-The documentation mentions something about the creation of npasswd and
-nshadow after pwconv is run. This is an error in the documentation.
-Those two files will not be created. After pwconv is run, /etc/passwd
-will no longer contain the passwords and /etc/shadow will. You don't
-need to rename the npasswd and nshadow files yourself.
-</para>
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+ <userinput>/usr/sbin/pwconv</userinput>
+</literallayout></blockquote>
</sect2>