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Index of Subjects MASTER_PASSWD is defined as /etc/passwd for Linux. lib/mkcustom, called by passwd-batch, has to pull the encrypted password out of /etc/shadow. Fixed in the distribution. On Mon, 5 May 1997, David J. Murdoch wrote: > CS_ROOT /home/csuite; CS_DIST /home/tmp/csdist LANG=fr > > login as guest and register as aa004. During activation enter > custom name as djm. passwd-batch runs. /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow > have entries for djm but :x: in password file in /etc/shadow. user djm > logs in and sees message (in English) > > Bienvenue au Landon Community Net. > > This account (aa004) has been renamed to the custom name "djm". > You should use your new login name from now on. Mail sent to the old > name will be redirected to the new account. > > En cas d'erreur, appelez le Bureau au numiro 902-494-2449 > > fails to login as djm with same passwd as aa004. > -- > David Murdoch > > > Gerard MacNeil, P. Eng.
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