Re: Shadowed PW file under OSF/1

[softtest () wu1 wl aecl ca (Software Test Account)]

On Mon, 10 Apr 1995, Cenon B.C. Marana Jr. wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Apr 1995, John F. Haugh II wrote:
>
> > > Me too.. how about for OSF/1? or is there a good/recommended tool for 
> > > such?
>
> > Same deal.  Shadow frequently requires some tweaking to make it run under
> > different OS's, but with work the login, su and passwd commands =should=
>
> Thanks.. any site available for such?... 
>
> > be usable.  However, I thought that OSF/1 already had "shadowed" passwords
> > as it borrowed some of its security model from SecureWare.
>
> Checked yet found none.. maybe on newer versions.. actually am now on DEC 
> OSF/1 ver 2.0.. any comments?
OSF/1 ver 3.0 with the enhanced security has a very good shadowed 
password system. Ver 3.2 should fix some of the strange OSFisms, but 
overall it works quite well. 

Erik
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