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Date:      Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:10:41 -0700
From:      James Moser <james@ytjameslee.com>
To:        Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Encrypted Password Portability Between releases
Message-ID:  <3F846F41.8050803@ytjameslee.com>
In-Reply-To: <200310081322.h98DM3AV013070@casselton.net>
References:  <200310081322.h98DM3AV013070@casselton.net>

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Hey Mark,

Thanks for your reply but I found the problem.  It was in the 
programming and not the encryption...


Mark Tinguely wrote:

>  James Moser <james@ytjameslee.com> writes:
>
>  
>
>>  ... If I encrypt on a 4.7 box will it work on a 4.8
>>system, just not the other way around?
>>    
>>
>
>what is the entry in the "crypt_default" two OSes /etc/auth.conf files?
>
>I suspect the FreeBSD 4.8 is defaulting to MD5 encyption and the
>FreeBSD 4.7 is knowledgable about DES encyption. MD5 passwords are
>obvious because they start with "$1$" and they are longer than
>DES encrypted passwords.
>
>Sounds like you are re-implementing YP/NIS (see: man 8 yp).
>
>--Mark Tinguely
>  
>



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