So wrote Christian Perrier on Thursday, 30 June 2005: > Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 08:38:48 +0200 > From: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#316271: nagios install fails "chage: > can't open shadow password fileadduser" > User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i > Cc: Christian Perrier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > sean finney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], > debian-boot@lists.debian.org > > > > > So, systems *without* shadow passwords should be very rare, at least > > > for sarge or above systems installed from scrtach. The only case where > > > shadow passwords may be disabled are: > > > > I recently did a whole slate of Debian installs with the first release > > of Sarge. All of them were done in expert mode and none of them enabled > > shadow passwords. Nor was I ever asked to enable them at any point > > during the setup. I know this because I *always* enable this when the > > choice is presented. > > Template: passwd/shadow > Type: boolean > Default: true > _Description: Enable shadow passwords? > Shadow passwords make your system more secure because nobody is able to > view even encrypted passwords. Passwords are stored in a separate file > that can only be read by special programs. The use of shadow passwords > is strongly recommended. However, if you're going to use NIS you could > run into trouble. > > In passwd.config, which is necessarily called in 2nd stage (otherwise, > you would end up with an empty root user password..:-))): > > Were you prompted about the root user password, normal user name, > login name and password ? If so, then passwd.config was used and in > it, we find: > > in the state machine.... > > 0) > # Ask how the password files should be set up. > db_input low passwd/shadow || true > ;; > > > 2) > # Enable shadowed passwords...or not > db_get passwd/shadow > if [ "$RET" = true ]; then > shadowconfig on >/dev/null > else > shadowconfig off >/dev/null > fi > ;; > > > So, I really fail to see how you end up with no shadow passwords, but > on any default install, shadow passwords *are* enabled. So are they on > all sarge machines I have ever installed from scratch. >
could it be that this is configured not during the initial CD install setup, but the the second portion of setup after the first reboot? i usually just exit out of this second part because i prefer to manually reconfigure exim and install users later on. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
