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<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>