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From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com>
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To: gnut@cki.ipri.kiev.ua, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: DES to MD5
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> 
> Hi!
> 
>   We're changing servers from SCO to FreeBSD, but freebsd
> is alredy installed with MD5. Is there any way of converting
> user passwords from DES to MD5?
> 
>   Thanx in advance.
> 
> Bye.
> 

 You can install DES on your FreeBSD system and not have to do
the conversion...

 The password files are different; but you should be able to simply
grab the encrypted password entries from SCO and place them in
a FreeBSD password file & have everything work.   I share password
entries in this fashion between HP/UX 9.05, AIX 3.2.5, SunOS 4.1
and Solaris 2 without any problems...

	- Dave Rivers -