Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 15:34:14 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mixed DES and MD5 password file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980330153255.24859a-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <351f83e9.601135407@mail.sentex.net>
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On Mon, 30 Mar 1998, Mike Tancsa wrote: > >> I'm in the process of upgrading a couple of Linux web servers to > >> FreeBSD. Question is, I'd like to use md5 on the FreeBSD box, > >> but I'd also like to be able to use the old password files. > > >This isn't possible, I don't think. In order to use MD5 everything has to > >be in MD5 format, but the old passwords are in DES. The replacement > > Can you not append a $1$ to the password in the master.passwd file to > distinguish between it and DES style ? e.g. I have something similar > in my master.passwd file Yes, you can do that. However, you can't *generate* MD5 passwords once the DESified libcrypt is installed. MD5 and DES passwords are still checked however. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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