Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:31:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Don Read <dread@texas.net> To: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: DES passwd Message-ID: <XFMail.001027203129.dread@texas.net> In-Reply-To: <20001027111926.A51348@cpl.net>
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On 27-Oct-00 Shawn Ramsey wrote: > I am trying to enable DES passwords on a 4.1.1-RELEASE machine. I installed > the crypto distribution. And now at least "adduser" encrypts passwords with > DES. But "passwd" does not. I tried recompiling. I thought all I did before > (3.4-RELEASE) was install the same package, and passwd encrypted with DES. <snip> > I tried coping the libdescryt libs to the same name as passwd points to, but > it still encrypts with MD5 passwds. :( > if you already have a MD5 password, passwd will use MD5 for the new one. vipw and zero out the passwd field, have user login then set a new password. Regards, -- Don Read dread@texas.net There are old sailors, and there are foolish sailors; but damn few old foolish sailors. --------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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