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Subject: Re: Encrypted passwords
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 21:28:21 +0800
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I think that :
you have a user list, and you can make a random password for them, then you
can use "expect" and " passwd user" do your jobs and don't worry how chpass
works.

----- Original Message -----
From: David Miner <david@slis-two.lis.fsu.edu>
To: Olivier Nicole <Olivier.Nicole@ait.ac.th>
Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:22 AM
Subject: Re: Encrypted passwords


> On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Olivier Nicole wrote:
>
> > >But when I encrypt them and put them in the passwd file, they do not
allow
> > >the user to log in.I have to use the passwd program to manually change
> > >them to the same password that I wanted originally.Thus I believe the
> > >problem lies in the encryption method or how it is being passwd to the
> > >chpass program.
> >
> > Hummm, I think nowdays passwords are not kept in a plain file but in a
> > .db file. Can't it be the problem?
> >
> > Olivier
> >
> No, the chpass function takes care calling mk-pwd and putting them in the
> .db file.  Otherwise nothing would be there when I look at it with vipw.
>
> It appears that what is being passed by the crypt function is not what is
> making it into the passwd file.  At a SWAG.
>
> David
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