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Re: Shadow Passwording



On Mon, 16 Dec 1996, Yaron wrote:

>   Hi,
> 
> On Sun, 15 Dec 1996, Biener Ariel wrote:
> 
> > Umm, if we're talking about password files, and the most critical binaries
> > for login and authentication, I would rather not install any outdated
> > shadow suites. 
> 
> It's not thwat outdated; there's only one previous version.
> 
> Which I have now compiled and placed in the aforementioned FTP site.
> 
> 
> > By the way, anyone found a way to prevent running strace on programs to
> > see the root password encrypted ???
> 
> chmod 700 strace ; chown root strace

Sure, if you're system is only for you. But some of us do run multi-user
systems in the broader sense :))
Anyway, I found what was broken.
> 
> 			Bye,
> 
> 				-Yaron.
> 
> 
--Ariel

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   | Ariel Biener                                            |
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