lfs-book/chapter06/shadowpwd-inst.xml

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<title>Installation of Shadow Password Suite</title>

<para>Before the shadow Password Suite can be installed, the patch file
must be unpacked.  This patch fixes a compliation problem due to a
variable being used but not defined.  Install the Shadow Password 
Suite by running the following commands:</para>

<para><screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../shadow-20001016.patch &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>make install &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>cd etc &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>cp limits login.access /etc &amp;&amp;</userinput>
<userinput>sed "s|/var/spool/mail|/var/mail|" login.defs.linux &gt; /etc/login.defs</userinput></screen></para>

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