discuss: Re: Last update pre-1997 [was: reviewing all the howtos]
Subject:
Re: Last update pre-1997 [was: reviewing all the howtos]
From:
doug jensen ####@####.####
Date:
16 Nov 2003 02:50:00 -0000
Message-Id: <20031116025917.GB7303@ispwest.com>
On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:13:32AM -0500, David Horton wrote:
> 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 badly written, it's just very out of date.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.
Thanks for the review Dave, that's good information.
--
Doug Jensen
