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<sect2><title> </title><para> </para></sect2>
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<sect2><title>Configuring Shadow</title>
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<para>This package contains utilities to modify users' passwords, add
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or delete users and groups, and the like. We're not going to explain what
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'password shadowing' means. A full explanation can be found in the
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<filename>doc/HOWTO</filename>
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file within the unpacked Shadow source tree. There's one
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thing to keep in mind if you decide to use Shadow support: programs that
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need to verify passwords (for example xdm, ftp daemons, pop3 daemons) need
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to be 'shadow-compliant', that is they need to be able to work with
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shadowed passwords.</para>
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<para>To enable shadowed passwords, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/pwconv</userinput></screen>
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<para>And to enable shadowed group passwords, run the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/grpconv</userinput></screen>
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<para>Under normal circumstances, you won't have created any passwords yet.
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However, if returning to this section to enable shadowing, you should reset any
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current user passwords with the <userinput>passwd</userinput> command or any
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group passwords with the <userinput>gpasswd</userinput> command.</para>
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</sect2>
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