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managing /etc/passwd
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- Subject: managing /etc/passwd
- From: Steve Morris <sjm at frodo dot page>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 12:18:09 -0400 (EDT)
I just got inetd partially working on my NT box and discovered that I have no
security. As directed in a post by Sergey found in the archives I initially
created my passwd file with:
% mkpasswd -l -g >/etc/passwd
I didn't look too closely at this file until I notice that there was no
password checking on ftp. Then I noticed that the password fields in
/etc/passwd are empty. I tried to create password entries with the passwd
command but it prints every line in the passwd file followed by "; not found."
Exactly what is not found is not clear but it isn't found for any user.
Needless to say this is probably not adequate security and I would like to
repair this situation quickly. Where have I gone wrong? Others must have blown
poast this step without similar problems. The archives got me this far but I
don't see this specific problem. I don't find the word passwd in the FAQ.
How do I add passwords to passwd?
NOTE: I am having major instability with ftp connections. Is this normal? Does
inetd work smoothly for other people.
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