Re: [cobalt-users] password file

[Mike Hobbs <mhobbs@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

ok, now how would I go about installing the RaQ 2 OS?  I purchased the
OS Restore CD and it has the OS for both the RaQ and RaQ 2, when I first
re-installed this Cobalt I just selected the RaQ on the Cobalt itself,
so I assume all I have to do is select the RaQ 2 and it will put that OS
onto my RaQ?  Also, is the software the only difference between the RaQ
and RaQ 2?

flash22@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Mike Hobbs wrote:
> 
> > OK yes I do see that in my passwd file.  Any idea if I can upgrade the
> > software on my Raq 1 so I can use shadow passwords?  I ask because I'm
> 
> Brute force solution: put the Raq2 os on it, it has shadow/PAM support,
> you have to wipe the disk tho, and web stuff works differently, if the
> machine is being used this isn't a pretty option ;)
> 
> (Theres' more to shadow than just a file or two, linux adopted PAM shortly
> after shodow support, and the combination affects every binary on the
> machine subject to user authentication, along with many of the system
> libraries, eg, you are talking about upgrading a big chunk of the machine)
> 
> gsh