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10 Template: lsb/shadowconfig
13 _Description: Enable shadow passwords?
14 The Linux Standard Base requires that certain features of adduser(8)
15 be available to conforming applications (such as password
16 aging). These features are only provided when shadow passwords are
17 enabled, while this system has them disabled.
19 Most LSB applications will work fine with either setting, but complete
20 conformance requires shadow passwords to be enabled.
22 Generally speaking, it is considered good practice to enable shadow
23 passwords. However, there are some situations in which shadow passwords
24 may not work properly (most notably, if non-root users need to
25 check passwords against /etc/passwd).