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From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess)
Subject: crypt problems
Message-ID: <BsrwJG.tq@chinet.chi.il.us>
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 15:04:27 GMT
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	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
	password typed in.  If I remove the "*" in /etc/passwd, xdm will
	accept a null password.  Obviously it knows nothing about the
	new bsd pseudo shadow files.  Tried recompiling xdm, but no go.
	Also, if I rlogin into the bsd machine, it always asks for a
	passwd even if there is a .rhosts and a mention in /etc/hosts.equiv.
	I re-compiled rlogind, but again no go.  Obviously there must be
	a library I need to re-compile so these programs recoginize the new
	form.
	Any ideas?
-- 
	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