Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 17:05:27 -0700 From: Studded <Studded@dal.net> To: Terry Ewing <terrye@deepwell.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2-stable -> 2.2.7 Conversion Message-ID: <361C01C7.B69159D2@dal.net> References: <4.1.0.67.19981007134722.00a3a8d0@mail1.dcomm.net>
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Terry Ewing wrote:
> Here's the catch... When I did this, and copied /etc/passwd and
> /etc/master.passwd over from the 2.2.stable machine it stops recognizing
> passwords. What was a valid password on the 2.2-stable machine doesn't
> work on the 2.2.7 machine. I DID run pwd_mkdb and it seemed to work.
>
> When I look at the /etc/master.passwd I notice that the 2.2-stable version
> has much shorter encrypted passwords. I know I'm missing the obvious, but
> can someone show me my mistake?
I'm guessing, but off hand I'd say that you installed DES on one
machine, but not the other. Also, rather than using pwd_mkdb I'd try
vipw. Make sure to edit something, then let it do its thing.
Good luck,
Doug
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