Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 15:05:28 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.dk.tfs.com> Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing password... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970215150342.11765A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <14512.856047887@critter.dk.tfs.com>
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On Sun, 16 Feb 1997, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message <Pine.BSF.3.91.970215145642.11702A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>, Snob Art Genre writes: > >On Sat, 15 Feb 1997, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > > > >> > >> Why don't we have an option for /usr/bin/passwd to input a precoded > >> password ? > >> > >> $ passwd -c phk > >> Please enter encrypted password: $1$8cEEj84y$GCYmM39miP8Fc9K8iAHTI/ > >> Please reenter: $1$8cEEj84y$GCYmM39miP8Fc9K8iAHTI/ > >> $ > >> > >> I know that this is a good way to hose yourself, but it would also > >> have some useful features I think. > >> > >> Comments ? > > > >Well, root can already do it with vipw, and why would anyone else need to? > > Across an unsecure network it beats typing your password in cleartext... Ah, that's very clever. How do you hash it in a way that the password file would like? Is it just a matter of running the password through md5 and prepending "$1$"? > -- > Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. > http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. > whois: [PHK] | phk@tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. > Power and ignorance is a disgusting cocktail. > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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