Re: [dev] [slock] Issue with shadow passwords and NIS

From: Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 11:59:08 +0200

On 7 April 2012 05:45, Ben Secrest <blsecres_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure the best way to differentiate between the shadow vs. NIS
> situation.  One guess is that when shadow information is present, the
> pw_passwd field of the passwd struct will contain 'x', '*', or
> whatever the system uses as a placeholder in /etc/passwd.

I added this kludge to slock for now, also waiting for someone showing
up that is entry is \0 ;)

Cheers,
Anselm
Received on Sun Apr 15 2012 - 11:59:08 CEST