From: sjm AT frodo DOT page (Steve Morris) Subject: managing /etc/passwd 29 Sep 1998 07:04:50 -0700 Message-ID: <13839.46785.398713.3911.cygnus.gnu-win32@frodo.page> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com" I just got inetd partially working on my NT box and discovered that I have no security. As directed in a post by Sergey found in the archives I initially created my passwd file with: % mkpasswd -l -g >/etc/passwd I didn't look too closely at this file until I notice that there was no password checking on ftp. Then I noticed that the password fields in /etc/passwd are empty. I tried to create password entries with the passwd command but it prints every line in the passwd file followed by "; not found." Exactly what is not found is not clear but it isn't found for any user. Needless to say this is probably not adequate security and I would like to repair this situation quickly. Where have I gone wrong? Others must have blown poast this step without similar problems. The archives got me this far but I don't see this specific problem. I don't find the word passwd in the FAQ. How do I add passwords to passwd? NOTE: I am having major instability with ftp connections. Is this normal? Does inetd work smoothly for other people. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".