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Re: How do std unix apps authenticate etc/passwd or etc/shadow?

on 6/21/02 11:05 AM, Chad Cunningham at email@hidden wrote:

>
>> In standard unix (linix) many programs authenticate users using etc/passwd.
>> However users added to OSX server via server Admin or Users do NOT show up
>> in etc/passwd which I assume is used only for single user mode in OSX.
>
> It is very rare that a program would authenticate a user out of
> /etc/passwd unless it's a server program. What type of apps are you
> talking about?
>
>> How do I tell standard unix packages what file to use to allow
>> authentication if its NOT etc/passwd? For example neomail needs etc/passwd
>> user authentication. We need a good webmail program for osx and neomail
>> seems to handle attachments well.
>
> That's entirely dependant on how they are written. If they hardcode
> /etc/passwd and check for usernames in it, then you'll either have to dump
> the netinfo user data to /etc/passwd, or modify the program to look
> elsewhere (using the netinfo libraries or command line utilities).

We found that using
nidump passwd . > etc/passwd
As root user solved the problem.... Thanks Chad

Tom

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