From owner-freebsd-security Wed Nov 29 22: 2: 0 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from citusc17.usc.edu (citusc17.usc.edu [128.125.38.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9995A37B400 for ; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:01:58 -0800 (PST) Received: (from kris@localhost) by citusc17.usc.edu (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eAU62cw17821; Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:02:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris) Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2000 22:02:38 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Gary Aitken Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /etc/passwd upgrade Message-ID: <20001129220238.A17777@citusc17.usc.edu> References: <3A25CDDA.EBF3BC48@beasys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <3A25CDDA.EBF3BC48@beasys.com>; from garya@bea.com on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 08:47:38PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 08:47:38PM -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: > I'm installing a clean version of 4.1 and would like to maintain the pass= words > from a 2.1 version. The 4.1 version has 128 bit encryption, and I suspect > this is the reason the encrypted password field is larger. >=20 > So... Is there any way to take the entries from an old 2.1 low-strength > passwd file and munge them into the high-strength one? Short answer: no. Slightly more helpful answer: expire all of your old user passwords so they will be recreated the next time the user logs in. Kris --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjol7X4ACgkQWry0BWjoQKVQdgCcDPJZQd6DjAfYoNW4ey0MZAme jB0AoIjDGlLGwvnoRNZUFGRLyJ7tvqJl =Guqx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --WIyZ46R2i8wDzkSu-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message