discuss: Re: Last update pre-1997 [was: reviewing all the howtos]
Subject:
Re: Last update pre-1997 [was: reviewing all the howtos]
From:
"David Horton" ####@####.####
Date:
14 Nov 2003 16:13:33 -0000
Message-Id: <200311141613.hAEGDWM5048316@mail5.mx.voyager.net>
> Here are summaries of three documents that were last updated prior to
> 1997, comments? I think the authors/maintainers should be emailed in
> hopes of getting their opinion.
>
> Hebrew-HOWTO Updated: Sep 1995 Yair G. Rajwan, ####@####.####
> This `Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQ) / HOWTO document describes
> how to configure your Linux machine to use Hebrew characters on
> X-Windows and Virtual Consoles. The most up-to-date version of the
> Hebrew-HOWTO may be obtained from my Web page
> <http://shekel.jct.ac.il/~rajwan/Hebrew.html>
> or from <ftp://hobbes.jct.ac.il>.
>
> Shadow-Password-HOWTO Updated: Apr 1996 Michael H. Jackson,
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> This document aims to describe how to obtain, install, and configure
> the Linux password Shadow Suite. It also discusses obtaining, and
> re]installing other software and network daemons that require
> access to user passwords. This other software is not actually part of
> the Shadow Suite, but these programs will need to be recompiled to
> support the Shadow Suite. This document also contains a programming
> example for adding shadow support to a program. Answers to some of
> the more frequently asked questions are included near the end of this
> document.
>
> Spanish-HOWTO Updated: Aug 1996 Gonzalo García-Agulló
> ####@####.####
> This is the very first issue of the Spanish Linux HOWTO. The target
> audience of this document is the growing family of Linux users in Spain
> and Latin America, so this How-To is of course in Spanish. Some
> non-Spanish speakers have asked for information on Linux in the Spanish
> environment, for developing software with Spanish support or just
to get
> in touch with the Linux community in Spain. You're welcome in any
case...
>
>
> --
> Doug Jensen
>
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>
I tried to use the info in the shadow-howto a while back. It's not
badly written, it's just very out of date. Here's why:
* The version of the shadow suite mentioned in the howto is far behind.
* The links to download locations do not work.
* The howto talks about installing shadow on your distribution. Shadow
is standard on most distros, so this section is not needed.
* The howto also covers patching programs to work with shadow which is
also not needed since shadow is standard on most distros.
The section on adding shadow support to your own programs may still be
useful or maybe not. I am not a programmer so I do not know.
Dave
