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Re: New generation passwords



>Here's a big ``reading between the lines'' type of suggestion: if this
>is for dialup users using CHAP, their passwords may be the same as their
>CHAP secret and thus available in plain text somewhere.


Sorry - this passwd file is normal mail passwords - no dialup - no chap/pap.

I have a server with 2.0.30 with about 1000 mail users and wanted to upgrade
the server to 2.2.13 by installing the new kernel on a new machine and then
copy the /home and the passwd,shadow files.

adi



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