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Cyclades-TS

Chapter 5 - Summary of the Configuration Process

Installation & Service Manual

D. Change password for root and new users.

The default /etc/passwd file has the user “root” with password “tslinux”. The customer should change the password

for user root as soon as possible. Before changing any password or adding new users the customer should also

activate shadow password, if it is needed. The Cyclades-TS has support for shadow password, but it is not

active by default. To activate shadow password follow the steps listed below:

1. Create an empty file /etc/shadow

# cd /etc

# touch shadow

2. Add a temporary user to the system, it will be removed later.

# adduser boo

3. Edit the file shadow. For each user in passwd file, create a copy of the line that begins with “boo:” in the

shadow file, then replace “boo” with the user name. The root’s line must be the first one.

4. Edit the passwd file and replace all fields password with “x”. The root’s line will look like:

“root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/sh”

password field

TIP: Using the vi editor, put the cursor in the first byte after “root:”, then type “ct:x” plus <ESC>.