Date: Wed, 16 Dec 98 09:06:41 +0100 From: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr To: imran@orangenet.co.uk Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: DES to MD5 Message-ID: <H000057c01b02eb7@MHS> In-Reply-To: <01BE2857.35E63E20@opkri050.orangenet.co.uk>
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Hello, There is no automatic way for this conversion, the main reason being that both encryption methods are designed NOT to be inverted : you just can't easily go from a DES-encrypted- to the cleartext Password then back to an MD5-encrypted one. If you have installed DES on your machine, FreeBSD can use both types of passwords (MD5 passwords are marked by a "$1$" string) TfH > Can some one please help me.. > > I am upgrading some Linux systems to FreeBSD. > > I need to know if there is an easy way to convert the Linux password file, which > I believe is encrypted in DES format to the MD5 format that FreeBSD uses... > > > > Thanks a lot > > > Imran Aslam > > Imran@orangenet.co.uk > > > > > 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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