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Re: comp.os.linux.announce backlog

On Fri, 6 Jun 1997, Bruce Perens wrote:

> > "user can't loggin after upgrade" right? I understand the fix is to first
> > de-configure and then re-configure shadow. What I don't understand is
> > quite how this happens.
> 
> User has already enabled shadow and then upgrades xbase. I guess xbase
> doesn't see that the shadow files are present and it installs the non-shadow
> form of xdm. Xdm-shadow will _always_ work, whether shadow files are
> present or not, and should always be installed.
> 
This sounds like it will cause failure in either fresh installs or
upgrades. It also seems that the work around is more like:

If this is a fresh install DO NOT enable shadow untill the installation of
X-Windows is completed (even though the opportunity will arrise)
If this is an upgrade, turn off shadow before the upgrade if it is
currently in opperation on the machine, and don't accept reconfiguration
fo shadow untill X-Windows has been upgraded.

Does this seem correct to you? We are really saying "Just ignore the man
behind the curtain, when he says: 'Do you want Shadow?'."

Only after the installation phase should 'shadowconfig on' be executed.

?

Dwarf
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