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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ncar!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Subject: Re: crypt problems Message-ID: <BsupoA.yw@chinet.chi.il.us> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX References: <BsrwJG.tq@chinet.chi.il.us> <Bst8s5.M0y@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 03:28:57 GMT Lines: 21 In article <Bst8s5.M0y@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> husemann@camelot.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Dirk Husemann) writes: >randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) writes: >> I installed the crypt patches and re-compiled the files mentioned >> in a recent posting. My passwd files are now nicely encrypted. >> However, xdm (in the X11 release for bsd) will not recoginize a > >Try giving Xdm an s-bit. > Tried that right away, but no good. Still won't accept an encrypted password. Also, tried setting -DSHADOW (I think), but it can't find shadow.h cause there ain't none. All in all, still can't get X running. Combination of Logitech mouse not working at all (even with the stty trick), Microsoft mouse not releasing a button click, and xdm not liking encrypted passwords. -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us