From owner-freebsd-isp Wed Sep 29 11:35: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from richard2.pil.net (richard2.pil.net [207.8.164.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2D3D715993 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 1999 11:33:30 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from up@pil.net) Received: (qmail 1070 invoked by uid 1825); 29 Sep 1999 16:46:44 -0000 Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 12:46:44 -0400 (EDT) From: X-Sender: up@richard2.pil.net To: David Wolfskill Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing server platforms In-Reply-To: <199909291601.JAA30532@pau-amma.whistle.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, David Wolfskill wrote: > >Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 10:20:46 -0400 (EDT) > >From: > > In FreeBSD, the text file that contains the encrypted passwords is > /etc/master.passwd. /etc/passwd and /etc/pwd.db are generated from it; Yeah, I discovered that after I sent it...I think the first time I glanced at master.passwd, I just noticed the system and qmail users, which, of course have a * in the password field...I just noticed the encrypted passwords when I did a tail on it a few minutes ago :-/ > > Big problem I would have with that is that if it were feasible, that > would imply that you had plain-text passwords around. I do, but not online . Thanks for all who replied! James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am ========================================================================= ISPF 3 - The Forum for ISPs by ISPs(tm) || Nov 15-17, 1999, New Orleans 3 days of clues, news, and views from the industry's best and brightest. Visit for information and registration. ========================================================================= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message