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To: Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>
Subject: Re: encryption and master.passwd
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From: Daniel Leal <dleal@webvolution.net>
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yes, it worked! maybe you are right... I read the passwd man page and
notice that passwd "read" the login.conf file where its writen:
...
default:\ 
         :passwd_format=md5:\ 
...

thanks

Citando Anthony Atkielski <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com>:

> I've noticed this, too.  Some accounts have a DES password, others have
> an
> MD5 password.
> 
> I just changed the password on one of my user accounts with the passwd
> command, and it changed from a DES password to a MD5 password.
> 
> My impression is that different programs use different encryption
> methods
> for the password, with some using DES, and others use MD5.  True?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Leal" <dleal@webvolution.net>
> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 16:02
> Subject: encryption and master.passwd
> 
> 
> > Hi!
> >
> > To learn a little bit of the freebsd security I decided to read the
> > charpter 8 of the freebsd handbook. Soon I realize that passwords
> encrypted
> > with the MD5 hash are longer than those encrypted with the DES hash
> and
> > also begin with the characters $1$ and DES password strings does not
> > include the $ character.
> > So I did "more /etc/master_passwd" and I notice that mine and root's
> > password (I am the one who su to root in that system) are encrypted
> with
> > MD5 but the other users are encrypted with DES!!!
> >
> > Why?
> > Did I do something wrong?
> > How can I change it all to MD5 encryption?
> >
> > In my /etc/login.conf I have the following lines: (install defaults)
> > ...
> > default:\
> >         :passwd_format=md5:\
> > ...
> >
> > Thanks, daniel
> >
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