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Date:      Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:18:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        mi@aldan.algebra.com
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serving NIS to Solaris client -- UNSECURE=True
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.03.9904141418060.15989-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199904141906.PAA96081@misha.cisco.com>

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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999, Mikhail Teterin wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> I need to add a Solaris machine to the happy family of FreeBSD
> machines sharing the user and other databases.
> 
> I DID uncomment ``UNSECURE=True'' in the /var/yp/Makefile and
> rebuilt all the files.
> 
> ``ypcat passwd'' on all clients (including the Solaris one) now
> lists the encrypted passwords in the second fields of the record.
> All passwords start with the $-sign.

Then they are MD5-encoded.  Solaris does not support MD5 encryption, so
you'll have to install the DES libs on the FreeBSD box and have everyone
change their passwords.

Sorry.

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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