> -----Original Message----- > From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeff Vian > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 8:27 AM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: FC4 and Shadow Passwords > > On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 08:21 +0000, Andy Green wrote: > > Mike McGrath wrote: > > > > > I've got an FC4 install with shadow-utils installed but the > > > passwords are being stored in /etc/passwd and there is no > > > /etc/shadow file. Any ideas? > > > > Examine /etc/sysconfig/authconfig and check that there is a > line like this: > > > > USESHADOW=yes > > > > Also check perms on that file are root:root and 644. > > > shadow must have perms 400 and passwd needs perms of 644. > > If the passwords are in the passwd file it will need to be > converted by using pwconv to create the proper entries in the > shadow file. See man pwconv for details on operation. > > A question I have is how the system got that way? The > default config for Fedora is to use shadow passwords. > Something must have been changed to tell it not to use shadow. > > > -Andy I'm curious about that myself, I have other machines very similar to this that I created with the same kickstart script. I've installed some other RPM's on this I wonder if one of them some how moved everything back to passwd? WEIRD. Anyway, thanks guys! -Mike
