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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).

-- 
Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
                billf@chimesnet.com / billf@FreeBSD.org





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