On Thu, 2010-11-04 at 22:54 -0700, Al Varnell wrote:

> >> 
> >> Again a quick google: It seems a /etc/passwd or /etc/master.passwd file
> >> may be present. If either is, then set it in the above option. If
> >> neither is, then you need to disable the password file checks. To do
> >> this add 'group_accounts' to the DISABLE_TESTS list.
> 
> Did this get fixed in the version we're testing?  It reported finding
> /etc/master.passwd.
> 
Yes... and no :-) RKH should now find a master.passwd/passwd file if it
exists. However, OS X does not generally use the file. Passwords are
maintained in a database, and not the passwd file. As far as I could
gather the file *may* be used in some instances when sorting out
problems with the machine.

In that respect, it is not a full check of the user passwords, but may
well be better than nothing.



John.

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