087. Why Won't Some Programs (e.g., xdm) Allow Logins?
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This article is from the Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the Free/Open Source UNIX-like operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. Maintained by David C. Merrill with numerous contributions by others. (v1.0).
087. Why Won't Some Programs (e.g., xdm) Allow Logins?
A: You are probably using non-shadow password programs and are using shadow passwords.
If so, you have to get or compile a shadow password version of the programs in question. The shadow password suite can be found at ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/ pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/shadow/. This is the source code. The binaries are probably in linux/binaries/usr.bin/.
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