From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jul 12 2: 2:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C2AB37B400 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:02:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from antalya.lupe-christoph.de (pD9E8866F.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.232.134.111]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C04E943E31 for ; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 02:02:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lupe@lupe-christoph.de) Received: by antalya.lupe-christoph.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CA48174C; Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:02:02 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 11:02:02 +0200 To: Steve Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: plain text passwords Message-ID: <20020712090202.GD24030@lupe-christoph.de> References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020712114822.00ba8a20@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020712114822.00ba8a20@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: lupe@lupe-christoph.de (Lupe Christoph) Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Friday, 2002-07-12 at 11:49:51 +0530, Steve wrote: > I need to have plain text passwords in /etc/passwd. How can I get it? I > need this for password protecting a web directory using /etc/passwd Which webserver/authentication module uses /etc/passwd for authentication? I think you should use one that allows 1) hashed passwords 2) in a different location like Apache with mod_auth does for Basic Authentication. Lupe Christoph -- | lupe@lupe-christoph.de | http://www.lupe-christoph.de/ | | I have challenged the entire ISO-9000 quality assurance team to a | | Bat-Leth contest on the holodeck. They will not concern us again. | | http://public.logica.com/~stepneys/joke/klingon.htm | To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message