Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] randnum
From: Alistair Riddell (alistair@watsons.edin.sch.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 01 1997 - 11:25:27 EST
That would be because the for 2-way randnum to work the server must know
the each user's password, which is not available from /etc/passwd or
/etc/shadow.
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Magnus Stenman wrote:
> Is there a specific reason why 2-way randnums canīt authenticate
> users against the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files?
>
> I can just get it to work with the ~/.password file
>
> /magnus
>
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