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Subject: Re: Encrypted Password Portability Between releases
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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
>  
>