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1<sect2><title>Configuring Shadow Password Suite</title>
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3<para>This package contains utilities to modify users' passwords, add
4or delete users and groups, and the like. We're not going to explain
5what 'password shadowing' means. A full explanation can be found in the doc/HOWTO
6file within the unpacked shadow password suite's source tree. There's one
7thing to keep in mind if you decide to use shadow support: that
8programs that need to verify passwords (for example xdm, ftp daemons,
9pop3 daemons) need to be 'shadow-compliant', that is they need to
10be able to work with shadow'ed passwords.</para>
11
12<para>To enable shadow'ed passwords, run the following command:</para>
13
14<para><screen><userinput>/usr/sbin/pwconv</userinput></screen></para>
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16</sect2>
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