Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 16:08:41 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Daniel Leal" <dleal@webvolution.net>, "FreeBSD Questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: encryption and master.passwd Message-ID: <059c01c180c3$66b6f950$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <1007910142.3c137cfe07344@mail.webvolution.net>
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I've noticed this, too. Some accounts have a DES password, others have an MD5 password. I just changed the password on one of my user accounts with the passwd command, and it changed from a DES password to a MD5 password. My impression is that different programs use different encryption methods for the password, with some using DES, and others use MD5. True? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Leal" <dleal@webvolution.net> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 16:02 Subject: encryption and master.passwd > Hi! > > To learn a little bit of the freebsd security I decided to read the > charpter 8 of the freebsd handbook. Soon I realize that passwords encrypted > with the MD5 hash are longer than those encrypted with the DES hash and > also begin with the characters $1$ and DES password strings does not > include the $ character. > So I did "more /etc/master_passwd" and I notice that mine and root's > password (I am the one who su to root in that system) are encrypted with > MD5 but the other users are encrypted with DES!!! > > Why? > Did I do something wrong? > How can I change it all to MD5 encryption? > > In my /etc/login.conf I have the following lines: (install defaults) > ... > default:\ > :passwd_format=md5:\ > ... > > Thanks, daniel > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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