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Date:      Wed, 6 Oct 1999 20:52:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org>
To:        "Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com>
Cc:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, "Cameron, Frank" <cameron@ctc.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Long username/password
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910062051230.13496-100000@hub.freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061036250.13534-100000@inbox.org>

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On Wed, 6 Oct 1999, Mr. K. wrote:

> if you set the passwords to expire on the next login, will this accomplish
> switching from DES to MD5, or will the old format be kept?

If you still have the DES libraries, you will generate new DES passwords
If you don't have the DES libraries, your system cannot generate DES
passwords, and you will get MD5 passwords.

It's no different.

Kris

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