From 6cfae0f7454977a2a1171b25e82cef512c14e156 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 16:54:38 +0200 Subject: Adding debian version 1:4.13+dfsg1-1. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- debian/README.debian | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 62 insertions(+) create mode 100644 debian/README.debian (limited to 'debian/README.debian') diff --git a/debian/README.debian b/debian/README.debian new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e7ef263 --- /dev/null +++ b/debian/README.debian @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +Read this file first for a brief overview of the new versions of login +and passwd. + + +---Shadow passwords + +The command `shadowconfig on' will turn on shadow password support. +`shadowconfig off' will turn it back off. If you turn on shadow +password support, you'll gain the ability to set password ages and +expirations with chage(1). + +NOTE: If you use the nscd package, you may have problems with a +slight delay in updating the password information. You may notice +this during upgrades of certain packages that try to add a system +user and then access the users information immediately afterwards. +To avoid this, it is suggested that you stop the nscd daemon before +upgrades, then restart it again. + +---General configuration + +Most of the configuration for the shadow utilities is in +/etc/login.defs. See login.defs(5). The defaults are quite +reasonable. + +Also see the /etc/pam.d/* files for each program to configure the PAM +support. PAM documentation is available in several formats in the +libpam-doc package. + + +---MD5 Encryption + +This is enabled now using the /etc/pam.d/* files. Examples are given. + + +---Adding users and groups + +Though you may add users and groups with the SysV type commands, +useradd and groupadd, I recommend you add them with Debian adduser +version 3+. adduser gives you more configuration and conforms to the +Debian UID and GID allocation. + +Editing user and group parameters can be done with usermod and +groupmod. Removing users and groups can be done with userdel and +groupdel. + + +--- Group administration + +Local group allocation is much easier. With gpasswd(1) you can +designate users to administer groups. They can then securely add or +remove users from the group. + + +--- What to read next? + +Read the manpages, the other files in this directory, and the Shadow +Password HOWTO (included in the doc-linux package). A large portion +of these files deals with getting shadow installed. You can, of +course, ignore those parts. + +Also, the libpam-doc package will go a long way to allowing you to take +full advantage of the PAM authentication scheme. -- cgit v1.2.3