Subject: Re: Quick Question
From: Matthew Geier (matthew@arts.usyd.edu.au)
Date: Thu Mar 08 2001 - 15:53:38 EST
Steve_Kreuzer@condenast.com wrote:
>
> I have Red Hat 7.0 running and recently downloaded the 1.5pre4 RPM and it
> install without a problem, however, only guests can log in.. The FAQ states that
> this is because netatalk needs to be compiled with shadow support.. Is there any
> way I can get shadow support with the RPM?
>
Do NOT compile in shadow support for RedHat 7. It will not work, as
/etc/shadow has MD5 password hashes instead of the traditional 'crypt'
hash.
NetAtalk needs to use PAM on a RedHat box (and any other PAM enabled
distribution).
More likely you have a NetAtalk UAM or PAM config problem.
I have found with RH7 that the users Unix passwords HAVE to be less
than 8 characters, the standard Appleshare pasword lenght. The MD5
password hash is signficant to ALL characters of a password unlike the
old crypt system that ignored any thing after 8 characters. So users
with longer passwords can't login as they can't type it all in.
I think the problem exists with DHX as well, as something still expects
to need only 8 characters of the password...
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