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diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 9dbac598e..81e711ff2 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ Diffutils, GCC, Gettext, Glibc, Grep, Make, and Sed</seg></seglistitem> <sect2 role="installation"> <title>Installation of Shadow</title> +<note><para>If you would like to enforce the use of strong passwords, refer to +<ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/postlfs/cracklib.html"/> for installing Cracklib +prior to building Shadow. Then add <parameter>--with-libcrack</parameter> to the +<command>configure</command> command below.</para></note> + <para>Prepare Shadow for compilation:</para> <screen><userinput>./configure --libdir=/lib --enable-shared</userinput></screen> @@ -68,6 +73,12 @@ file while copying it to its destination:</para> <indexterm zone="shadow-login_defs"><primary sortas="e-/etc/login.defs">/etc/login.defs</primary></indexterm> +<note><para>If you built Shadow with Cracklib support, insert the following into +the <command>sed</command> given below:</para> + +<screen><literal>-e 's@DICTPATH.*@DICTPATH\t/lib/cracklib/pw_dict@'</literal></screen> +</note> + <screen><userinput>sed -e's@#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB.no@MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes@' \ -e 's@/var/spool/mail@/var/mail@' \ etc/login.defs.linux > /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen> |