Bug#316271: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#316271: nagios install fails "chage: can't open shadow password fileadduser"

[prosolutions@gmx.net, 316271@bugs.debian.org]

So wrote sean finney on Wednesday, 29 June 2005:
> Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:42:41 -0400
> From: sean finney <seanius@debian.org>
> To: prosolutions@gmx.net
> Subject: Re: [Pkg-nagios-devel] Bug#316271: nagios install fails "chage: can't open shadow password fileadduser"
> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i
> Cc: 316271@bugs.debian.org
> 
> On Wed, Jun 29, 2005 at 03:14:01PM -0500, prosolutions@gmx.net wrote:
> > No not running in a chroot.  I have not changed nsswitch nor any ldap or
> > nis settings for pam.
> 
> hmm...  well, and a few more questions then :)
> 
> are you not using shadow passwords?
> is there anything strange with your shadow file?
> what's your pam configuration?
> does chage similarly complain from the cmdline for other users?
> 
> 


Well that was the problem: I installed Debian fresh on this system using
the Sarge RC installer back in December I think.  When it configured
passwd it never even asked me if I wanted shadow passwords and I forgot
about it.  So shadow passwords were not being used on the system.

I just ran 'dpkg-reconfigure -plow passwd' and enabled shadow passwords.  Now nagios installs fine.



--
daniel