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- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking
- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!ldp!rolfe
- From: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
- Subject: Re: TCP/IP (IBM) telnet login, passwd file
- Message-ID: <1992Dec7.212403.27592@ldp.com>
- Sender: rolfe@ldp.com (Rolfe Tessem)
- Reply-To: rolfe@ldp.com
- Organization: Lucky Duck Productions
- References: <1992Dec04.160809.5941@ans.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1992 21:24:03 GMT
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Dec04.160809.5941@ans.net> db3l@ans.net (David Bolen) writes:
- > In article <723418461rommel.root@jonas.gold.sub.org>
- rommel@jonas.gold.sub.org (Kai Uwe Rommel) writes:
-
- > >In \TCPIP\BIN there is a replacement
- > >LOGINUNX.EXE for LOGIN.EXE which uses a traditional Unix /etc/passwd
- > >file. I can't find anything in the manuals about how it should look
- > >like. How in particular do I have to set the passwords? Encrypted? If
- > >so, how??? Did anyone get this working?
-
- > Just as you said - it uses a traditional Unix /etc/passwd file. So go
- > to your nearest Unix system where you have a userid that has the
- appropriate
- > password set, and copy your /etc/passwd entry from that system.
-
- > I don't believe there are any tools in the package for forming this
- > file directly. It's pretty much provided as a convenience for users that
- > also have Unix systems around and want to maintain a consistent password
- > file.
-
- I don't understand how this can work if there's not a compatible crypt
- command on the OS/2 box. Doesn't passwd use crypt? Does every Unix box use
- compatible password encryption? I don't think so.
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