pwconv, shadow

[Thomas Glanzmann]

On Wed, Aug 28, 2002 at 06:11:58PM -0400, Rick Venable wrote:
I have the following line in my last script

#enable shadow Password
$ROOTCMD pwconv -a || /bin/true

Greetings,
	Thomas

> Has anyone worked out a means of automating the use of pwconv within
> FAI?
> 
> We've been using shadow passwords on our machines, and I'd like to
> automate the conversion of the initial passwd file that FAI creates
> before appending local site data.
> 
> My reading of the pwconv man page suggests it operates directly on files
> in /etc, and not e.g. $target/etc
> 
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