On Mon, 2006-03-13 at 23:18 +0000, rob page wrote:
You might also want to take note of this:
https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/34606
Ubuntu 5.10 apparently leaves your main user's (the one you can sudo from!) password in plain text, in a world readable file after install.. :S.. although there is an upgrade if you want to trust that no one's root kitted your system already....
You had me worried there for a moment..but I can't find any evidence of such a bug on my 5.10 music/web server