Re: Use of the NetInfo passwd attribute for users
Re: Use of the NetInfo passwd attribute for users
- Subject: Re: Use of the NetInfo passwd attribute for users
- From: Graham J Lee <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:14:41 +0100
On 17/7/06 19:12, Paul Nelson wrote:
Is this field used at all in 10.4.x?
Will the OS ever use it during authentication for password verification?
NetInfo is so 1990s ;-). DirectoryServices is the way to go for OS X
identification and authentication, although yes it is possible that at
some point in doing that, the NI passwd field would get used even on a
Tiger box (systems which have been upgraded through from OS X <=10.2
without the passwords ever being changed, or systems connected to legacy
NetInfo servers spring to mind. I have one of the latter).
Cheers,
--
Graham Lee
UNIX Systems Manager,
Oxford Physics Practical Course
http://iamleeg.blogspot.com/
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