From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 6 16:58:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA14641 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 6 May 1997 16:58:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA14636 for ; Tue, 6 May 1997 16:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.33] by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.61 #1) id 0wOu3O-0004eh-00; Tue, 6 May 1997 16:53:54 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 May 1997 16:53:54 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius To: Chris Coleman cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Passwords don't work. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 6 May 1997, Chris Coleman wrote: > I just upgraded to 3.0-05021997-SNAP and it fixed my syscons problem. :-) > (otherwise i couldn't have upgraded.) I upgraded from a 2.1.6 machine. > > However, about half of my users can't login in because their passwords > don't work. I noticed that it is all the newer ones. All the ones that > have been around for more than three months still work. I think it must > have something to do with a different encryption type. As far as I know I > haven't changed. But I could be wrong. Right now we are just changing > users passwords as they complain. (really sucks with 300+ students) > > Any suggestions would be appreciated. Not really a freebsd-hackers topic. What passwd encryption do you have installed? It may be as simple as installing the des kit. This install notes explains what the des kit is for. > Christopher J. Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us) > Computer Support Technician I (509)-766-8873 > Big Bend Community College Internet Instructor > FreeBSD Book Project: http://vinyl.quickweb.com/~chrisc/book.html > Disclaimer: Even Though it has My Name on it, Doesn't mean I said it. > > >