Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 12:01:37 -0400 (EDT) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu> To: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: password format Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980624115843.303S-100000@localhost>
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I recently have had an odd thing happened, I rebuilt my system, and all the passwords were suddenly invalidated. The clue I get is from running vipw, where the old passwords (in encrypted format) don't seem to follow any paatern, but the new ones are all prefaced by "$1$". I need to upgrade a machine that has a lot of existing passwords, and I really can't afford to lose them all, so I need to see what happened and avoid it. Can anyone explain this to me? I suspect something with regards to maybe md5 formatting or something, but I don't know the right man page to read to figure this one out. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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