Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 15:26:55 -0500 From: "Daryl Chance" <dchance@valuedata.net> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Passwords without passwd... - CVS Message-ID: <002901c000ad$d65af000$0200000a@development1> References: <20000807181112.11772.qmail@web3206.mail.yahoo.com>
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IIRC, the key is the first 2 characters of your login. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Fairs" <danfairs@yahoo.co.uk> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, August 07, 2000 1:11 PM Subject: Passwords without passwd... - CVS > Hi, > > Apologies if this is in the docs, but I've missed it if I have. > > I'm setting up a remote CVS repository, with users authenticated with a > password. I read in the CVS docs that CVS uses the same format as the > FreeBSD master.passwd file - and indeed, copying and pasting the > encrypted password into the appropriate CVS password file results in a > successful login. > > I'd like to know how to generate these passwords without having to go > through the rigmarole of adding a user to the system, copy'n'pasting > the password from the password file, then removing the user again from > the system. The docs say the system crypt() function is used, but > unless I'm missing an option, a key is *always* required. What key does > the OS use when creating a system password? Or rather, how is it > derived? > > Therefore, how does one go about generating passwords oneself, for CVS, > or any other system password-compatible system? > > Many thanks, > Dan > > ===== > Daniel Fairs dan@spiderplant.no-spam.net > System Administrator > spiderplant.net > > ____________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk > or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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