From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 10 23:45:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA09959 for freebsd-isp-outgoing; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 23:45:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from teligent.se (iservern.teligent.se [194.17.198.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA09953 for ; Tue, 10 Feb 1998 23:45:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jakob@teligent.se) Received: from datorn.teligent.se (datorn.teligent.se [192.168.2.31]) by teligent.se (8.7/8.6.12) with SMTP id IAA16975; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 08:44:04 +0100 Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 07:44:54 +0100 (CET) From: Jakob Alvermark To: "Daniel O'Callaghan" cc: Benjamin Gras , isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Passwords.. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id XAA09955 Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote: > 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. So it's possible to use both DES and MD5 password concurrently? Is someone breaking the law if I get the DES kit from ftp.internat.freebsd.org? /Jakob Alvermark ------------------------------------------------------- Teligent AB, P.O. Box 213, S-149 23 Nynäshamn, Sweden Telephone +46-(0)8 520 660 00 * Fax +46-(0)8 520 193 36 Direct +46-(0)8 520 660 32 * GSM +46-(0)70 792 16 57 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message