From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 5 16:34:37 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monterosa.urbanet.ch (monterosa.urbanet.ch [195.202.193.104]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8B8C114D6E for ; Sun, 5 Dec 1999 16:34:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch) Received: (qmail 25790 invoked from network); 6 Dec 1999 00:34:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?195.202.204.137?) (195.202.204.137) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 6 Dec 1999 00:34:34 -0000 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express for Macintosh - 4.01 (295) Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 01:33:26 +0100 Subject: Re : Shadow passwd encryption method... From: "Ahmed Benani" To: Dan Nelson , "Network Admin [JPeterson]" Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions List" Mime-version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <19991206003435.8B8C114D6E@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG STOP SENDING YOUR MESSAGES I RECEIVED MORE THAN 200 PER DAY AND I NEVER UBSCRIBE TO YOUR LIST: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION ahmed_benani@urbanet.ch ---------- >De=A0: Dan Nelson >=C0 : "Network Admin [JPeterson]" >Cc : FreeBSD-Questions List >Objet=A0: Re: Shadow passwd encryption method... >Date=A0: Dim 5 d=E9c 1999 20:56 > >In the last episode (Dec 05), Network Admin [JPeterson] said: >> > Make sure that you installed the DES crypto libs. Chances are that >> > your passwd file has all DES passwords, and a plain FreeBSD install >> > uses only MD5. You should be able to add DES support through >> > sysinstall ( Configure / Distributions / DES / DES ). >> >> Okay, once I have installed that, how do I enable using that >> encryption, and does it still support the old encryption? (i.e. will >> the passwds that I already have reset with MD5 still work once I >> reboot or am I going to be locked out because root's passwd is MD5?) > >With the DES libs installed, all new passwords will be DES-encrypted, >but it will still recognize the MD5 passwords. > >-- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@emsphone.com > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message