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| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/chapter06.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml | 29 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/create-password.xml | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/shadow.xml (renamed from chapter06/shadowpwd.xml) | 49 |
4 files changed, 43 insertions, 47 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/chapter06.xml b/chapter06/chapter06.xml index 53073c013..39dc0139a 100644 --- a/chapter06/chapter06.xml +++ b/chapter06/chapter06.xml @@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ Most likely something went wrong with the specs file amendment above.</para> &c6-procinfo; &c6-procps; &c6-psmisc; -&c6-shadowpwd; +&c6-shadow; &c6-sysklogd; &c6-sysvinit; &c6-tar; diff --git a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml b/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml deleted file mode 100644 index e3268b6f2..000000000 --- a/chapter06/config-shadowpwd.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> - -<sect2><title>Configuring Shadow</title> - -<para>This package contains utilities to modify users' 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 -<filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> -file within the unpacked Shadow source tree. There's one -thing to keep in mind if you decide to use Shadow support: 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 -shadowed passwords.</para> - -<para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/pwconv</userinput></screen> - -<para>And to enable shadowed group passwords, run the following -command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/grpconv</userinput></screen> - -<para>Under normal circumstances, you won't have created any passwords yet. -However, if returning to this section to enable shadowing, you should reset any -current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command> command or any -group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command> command.</para> -</sect2> - diff --git a/chapter06/create-password.xml b/chapter06/create-password.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 19e592e48..000000000 --- a/chapter06/create-password.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,10 +0,0 @@ -<sect2> -<title>Setting the root password</title> - -<para>Choose a password for user root and set it by running the following -command:</para> - -<screen><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen> - -</sect2> - diff --git a/chapter06/shadowpwd.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 5c9c6b510..69aaf0150 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadowpwd.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ way.</para> <screen>&buildtime; &shadow-time; &diskspace; &shadow-compsize;</screen> -&aa-shadowpwd-down; -&aa-shadowpwd-dep; +&aa-shadow-down; +&aa-shadow-dep; <sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ system. Install these two config files:</para> <screen><userinput>cp etc/{limits,login.access} /etc</userinput></screen> <para>We want to change the password method to enable MD5 passwords which are -theoretically more secure than the default "crypt" method and also allow +theoretically more secure than the default crypt method and also allow password lengths greater than 8 characters. We also need to change the old <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location for user mailboxes to the current location at @@ -92,11 +92,46 @@ Shadow:</para> </sect2> -&c6-cf-shadowpwd; -&c6-cf-password; +<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2> + +<sect2><title>Configuring Shadow</title> + +<para>This package contains utilities to modify users' 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 +<filename>doc/HOWTO</filename> +file within the unpacked Shadow source tree. There's one +thing to keep in mind if you decide to use Shadow support: 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 +shadowed passwords.</para> + +<para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para> + +<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/pwconv</userinput></screen> + +<para>And to enable shadowed group passwords, run the following +command:</para> + +<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/grpconv</userinput></screen> + +<para>Under normal circumstances, you won't have created any passwords yet. +However, if returning to this section to enable shadowing, you should reset any +current user passwords with the <command>passwd</command> command or any +group passwords with the <command>gpasswd</command> command.</para> +</sect2> + +<sect2> +<title>Setting the root password</title> + +<para>Choose a password for user root and set it via:</para> + +<screen><userinput>passwd root</userinput></screen> + +</sect2> -&aa-shadowpwd-shortdesc; -&aa-shadowpwd-desc; +&aa-shadow-shortdesc; +&aa-shadow-desc; </sect1> |