RE: Shadow Passwords
Jordan Mendelson (jordy@wserv.com)
Sat, 30 Aug 1997 23:14:34 -0400
On Saturday, August 30, 1997 9:59 PM, Jordyn A. Buchanan
[SMTP:jordyn@bestweb.net] wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Aug 1997, Heiko Schlittermann wrote:
>
> > But beware -- I just discovered that (at least on my linux system
> > (Debian GNU/Linux, using libc5) there are minor glitches, misfeatures or
> > whatever. If it hits you depends on your system and on your radiusd.
>
> This is pretty strange, and definitely seems to be a function of the OS
> (although why, I have no idea!) rather than the radiusd process itself.
> We run cistron radiusd here without any such problems, and a cursory
> glance at the source code doesn't seem to indicate any sort of caching
> mechansim.
This most definatly doesn't happen on my systems. Changes to my /etc/shadow
file are immediatly available to radius. It may be that you need to upgrade
your shadow suite or perhaps your version of radiusd, or both.
The current version of the Shadow suite is 970616.
> Jordyn
Why must parents continue to mangle the spelling of my name? :)
Jordan
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