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Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0.5 / BSDI 2 passwords
To: ahill@netspace.net.au (Anthony Hill)
Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:34:11 -0800 (PST)
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> What is the relationship between the passwords on BSDI and FreeBSD ? I 
> notice the encrypted passwords on BSDI seem to be much shorter than the 
> ones on FreeBSD.

FreeBSD uses MD5 passwords - I think that BSDI uses DES, which would
explain the difference.  (FreeBSD can also use DES if you install the
DES code out of the secure dist.

> The reason I ask is because I have written a perl script which creates 
> encrypted passwords suitable for importing directly into FreeBSDs 
> /etc/master.passwd file. (The script uses perls crypt function in a 
> manner similar to Wolfram Schneider's `adduser' script for FreeBSD).
> Would such a script produce BSDI compatable passwords if it was executed 
> on a BSDI machine ?

It should, since the perl crypt function is simply a call to whatever
crypt function happens to be on the machine in question.