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Re: Changing root password

Andrew Daviel (andrew@andrew.triumf.ca)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 10:41:07 -0800 (PST)

On Sun, 18 Jan 1998, Kevin Chu wrote:

> I read up a bit on shadow passwords, and it looks like a good idea, but
> it looks like a lot of trouble for a machine that isn't really exposed.
> I get a dynamic address, and have most services disabled, and those that
> are enabled are only available to specific hosts.

Shadow passwords aren't a big deal if they're already installed.
Just type "pwconv", or maybe "pwconv5" and see what happens.
"pwunconv" will recover. I gather that they don't work with NIS (yp),
though.

Andrew