From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Jan 2 16: 3:32 2001 From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 2 16:03:30 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from www.golsyd.net.au (ftp.golsyd.net.au [203.57.20.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D8B37B400 for ; Tue, 2 Jan 2001 16:03:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from [203.164.12.28] by www.quake.com.au (NTMail 4.30.0012/AH9370.63.d1acf55c) with ESMTP id asmsaaaa for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2001 11:11:31 +1100 Message-ID: <3A526C7A.2E2B1B9D@quake.com.au> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 11:04:10 +1100 From: Kal Torak X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.73 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Frank Cameron Cc: zombie@isni.net, freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Password lengths. References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > >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. FreeBSD works with both DES and MD5 crypts... So long as you install the crypto dist files all should work fine! Infact DES is the default encryption used on FreeBSD 4.2 when you install the crypto dist... And the password format can be set in the /etc/login.conf file, just read man login.conf for details! Good Luck Kal. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message