From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EdpLz-0000KY-Kb for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:35:36 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAKDYI6s026594; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:34:18 GMT Received: from mx2.wholenet.com.ar (mx2.wholenet.com.ar [200.80.32.172]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAKDQEiu006461 for ; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:26:15 GMT Received: from [10.10.0.2] ([200.114.220.88]) (AUTH: LOGIN buanzo) by mx2.wholenet.com.ar with esmtp; Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:26:13 -0300 id 000B3B49.43807975.00004DFD Message-ID: <4380796C.90409@buanzo.com.ar> Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 10:26:04 -0300 From: "Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman" Organization: The WholeNet User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.7 (X11/20050923) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root password gremlin References: <20051117203328.73680.qmail@web25601.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <437EC8BB.2040507@mid.email-server.info> <437F4072.70604@buanzo.com.ar> <200511192320.24536.abhay.ilugd@gmail.com> <437FC7ED.9060504@buanzo.com.ar> <43805ED5.5020502@mid.email-server.info> <438061FE.4040004@buanzo.com.ar> <438071FE.50009@mid.email-server.info> <43807355.5050104@buanzo.com.ar> <43807691.40009@mid.email-server.info> In-Reply-To: <43807691.40009@mid.email-server.info> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.92.0.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: cdf46868-4b23-4bc3-825e-cbf7c1135290 X-Archives-Hash: a83f6c39a1325bf64382067e906c696b -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Skwar wrote: > /etc/passwd like on HP-UX 11.00. Ie. no /etc/shadow. /etc/shadow was provided by an additional package and libraries. Just like PAM. Shadow changed from being a security measure to be an auth storage backend. As a storage backend, it needs libraries to access it. That's where PAM enters. - -- Arturo "Buanzo" Busleiman - www.buanzo.com.ar Consultor en Seguridad Informatica / Dominio Digital TV - Da FOSS man! KTP Consultores - info AT ktpconsultores.com.ar Romper un sistema de seguridad los acerca tanto a ser hackers como el encender autos puenteando los convierte en ingenieros automotrices. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDgHlsAlpOsGhXcE0RAophAJ4uayd+KB3MVIB/3hT8O6tc/fheMgCfZGj0 1HszDYiX/bxf2lIFcp6hknI= =NpjA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list