Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:39:34 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" <danny@panda.hilink.com.au> To: Benjamin Gras <ben@nl.euro.net> Cc: isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Passwords.. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.980211083833.294H-100000@panda.hilink.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199802101644.RAA04045@support.euronet.nl>
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On Tue, 10 Feb 1998, Benjamin Gras wrote: > As for a practical solution (I'd say): > Why not make FreeBSD use the DES-based passwords, and patch login(1) to > hash (using MD5-style) the password when you've verified the plaintext > entered password is correct (by hashing it DES-style as login(1) will do), > writing it back into the (master.) passwd file? This way you can do the > conversion, in a way.. Why bother? If you just want Linux passwords readable by FreeBSD, install the DES kit from ftp.internat.freebsd.org and use both DES and MD5 on FreeBSD. Danny To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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