On Sat, 7 Mar 1998, Tc McCluan wrote:
>I was wondering what is the best way to shadow passwd's?
>
>I have redhat 4.2, 2.0.33.  Is there a package I need to install
>to shadow the passwd's?

You do not need to install any special packages to use shadow passwords.
Just issue the following commands:

    pwconv5
    chmod 400 /etc/passwd{-,.OLD}

and you've got shadowed passwords.

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