> Okay, step by step.
>
> 1) In order to use 2.2.x, I have to update a plethora of system
> utilities.
>
> 2) Among them, the ones included in util-linux (including login, passwd
> and others).
>
> 3) The util-linux README (newest version) says it doesn't support shadow
> paswords! (Using /etc/passwd is not acceptable for me.)
>
> 4) I could install, over util-linux, the Shadow Password Suite found at
>
> ftp://i17linuxb.ists.pwr.wroc.pl/pub/linux/shadow
>
> but is it safe? There's a July 98 version deemed stable, and a December
> 98 version deemed "development". None of them ever mentions kernel 2.2
> or the newest version of util-linux.
>
I'm running shadow passwords in 2.2.1 here, no prob.
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