Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 13:22:29 -0700 From: garya@bea.com (Gary Aitken) To: Chuck Rock <carock@bea.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /etc/passwd upgrade Message-ID: <3A26B705.BB9C836E@beasys.com> References: <003e01c05aff$21333be0$1805010a@epconline.net>
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Chuck Rock wrote: > > We've upgraded from 2.2.8 to 3.2 and will be soon 4.2 by just copying the > passwd files over. > > There is a mix of 3DES and MD5 passwords in the passwd file as 2.2.8 was > configured with 3DES and the 3.2 is configrued with MD5. All new users get > MD5 by default, but the users with 3DES password still work, and won't get > MD5 unless they change their password. > > We've had no problems whatsoever with this, but all the home directories and > so forth have to match the passwd file. > > Is the 128bit ecryption mentioned the MD5 passwords, or is this a security > feature we havent used on our system that would make this copying of passwd > files not work? Thanks. I copied the appropriate entries from the old (2.1) file and it appears to be working, so you should be ok. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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