Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 18:01:30 -0500 From: "Frank Cameron" <fjcameron@hotmail.com> To: zombie@isni.net Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password lengths. Message-ID: <LAW2-F38wraN0RBzKB800009ec4@hotmail.com>
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Check the archives/handbook for DES/MD5 passwords. I'm not exactly sure what you are asking. (I think this: you are moving users from a BSDi box using DES passwords to a FreeBSD box using MD5 passwords?) IIRC, it works something like this: If you have the FreeBSD system setup to use MD5 passwords, it is backwards compatible with DES passwords; so, if a user has a DES password (transfered from the BSDi box) the system, while defaulting to MD5 for new passwords, will pass the DES passwords to the old library functions. The mail archives should cover how to 'upgrade' from DES to MD5 after the accounts are transferred and working. I hope this helps. -frank >From: Zombie <zombie@isni.net> >To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org >Subject: Password lengths. >Date: Tue, 02 Jan 2001 17:33:07 -0500 > >I am relatively new to encryption with passwords and I am in the process of >switching from a BSDi 4.1 machine to a FreeBSD 4.2 stable. I want to >transfer the password list over but I need compatibility for +8 character >passwords. Do you have any ideas. >As far as I know, The BSDi machine is running with DES encryption and I >dread the thought of reentering, by hand, all 2k user names and passwords. > >Thank you, >Don > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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