Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 08:40:35 -0500 From: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net> To: "Dan Nelson" <dnelson@emsphone.com> Cc: "FreeBSD-Questions List" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Shadow passwd encryption method... Message-ID: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFKEKDCBAA.jay@qtm.net> In-Reply-To: <19991205025005.B77822@dan.emsphone.com>
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> > In the last episode (Dec 05), (System Admin) J Peterson said: > > Okay, we've got 7000+ users in our passwd file on the following system: > > FreeBSD 3.0-971225-SNAP #0: Tue Apr 28 20:04:19 EDT 1998 > > When I imported them to the new installation, all the usernames > worked and > > everything but I couldnt log in with any of the old passwords! > > Did the encryption change between the one above and the current one? > > Heres the snap of what we run now: > > FreeBSD 3.3-19991203-STABLE #0: Sat Dec 4 19:01:16 EST 1999 > > Make sure that you installed the DES crypto libs. Chances are that > your passwd file has all DES passwords, and a plain FreeBSD install > uses only MD5. You should be able to add DES support through > sysinstall ( Configure / Distributions / DES / DES ). > Okay, once I have installed that, how do I enable using that encryption, and does it still support the old encryption? (i.e. will the passwds that I already have reset with MD5 still work once I reboot or am I going to be locked out because root's passwd is MD5?) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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