Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:26:12 -0400 From: Bill Fumerola <billf@chimesnet.com> To: Stephen Hocking <shocking@houston.rr.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Getting Linux NIS to work with FreeBSD NIS servers Message-ID: <20001015232612.S37870@jade.chc-chimes.com> In-Reply-To: <200010160323.e9G3N5G48210@bloop.craftncomp.com>; from shocking@houston.rr.com on Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:23:05PM -0500 References: <200010160323.e9G3N5G48210@bloop.craftncomp.com>
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On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:23:05PM -0500, Stephen Hocking wrote:
> The Linux box appears toknow about the users, it just cant get the passwords
> right - something tickles my mind about DES vs MD5, is this the case, and how
> do I convert my MD5 passwords if needed?
Yes thats the case, no there is no "conversion" program. If there was
a conversion program it would mean there is a way to translate to plaintext
and that obviously isn't the case (modulo brute-force).
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Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org
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