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Yesterday I was working with a perl module to change users password, but I don't know what happened, now the default file to store/read passwords is 'passwd' file instead 'shadow' file.
How can I set the 'shadow' file as the default file to store/read passwords?
You don't need authconfig, you just need to fix the entries in your /etc/passwd file. *Theoretically* you may just need to fix the passord fields for any accounts you modified by replacing any content with an 'x', this tells shadow aware tools that the password is stored in /etc/shadow. Once complete perform a password change for any affected accounts.
You don't need authconfig, you just need to fix the entries in your /etc/passwd file. *Theoretically* you may just need to fix the passord fields for any accounts you modified by replacing any content with an 'x', this tells shadow aware tools that the password is stored in /etc/shadow. Once complete perform a password change for any affected accounts.
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