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Re: some RH questions



On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, Alexander Indenbaum wrote:
> 
> > I have several question:
> > - Why RH login instead of exec'ing user's shell seems to fork and wait?
> Doesn't seem to do that here.(?)

So this leaves first question about strange login behaviour opened.
Anyone?

> 
> > - After installing shadow password ( with two commands ) xlockscreen
> >   stoped working. It is always invalid password. I looked at pam.conf
> >   but everything seems to be kosher.  Any ideas? 
> 
> Just fire up the control panel as root, click open the "user and group
> configuration" tool, and click "save". it fixes that (and many other
> password related problems after going shadow).

And what exactly does it do saving in control panel?
What is command/program which updates password database?

> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Gilad Ben-Yossef <gby@actcom.co.il> (a.k.a Fidros) "To be xor not to be:      
> 972-(0)3-9629038    http://www.actcom.co.il/~gby     THAT is the question"
> 

  Alexander Indenbaum
  baum@actcom.co.il



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