From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 17 07:19:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA08980 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:19:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from cam.grad.kiev.ua (grad-UTC-28k8.ukrtel.net [195.5.25.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA08881 for ; Tue, 17 Feb 1998 07:18:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Ruslan@Shevchenko.kiev.ua) Received: from Shevchenko.kiev.ua (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cam.grad.kiev.ua (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA03477; Mon, 16 Feb 1998 19:14:39 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <34E873FB.2849FE5A@Shevchenko.kiev.ua> Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 19:14:37 +0200 From: Ruslan Shevchenko Reply-To: rssh@grad.kiev.ua X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fred Isler CC: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crypt, or no Crypt? References: <19980217143058.9105.rocketmail@send1b.yahoomail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Fred Isler wrote: > Hello.... > > I've come across a situation on my web site (attempting to run Matthew > Wright's WWWBoard 2.0a message board script) which requires the > crypt() function, but I've learned that, to my knowledge, FreeBSD > doesn't include that function. It's certainly not on "my" web server, > Hm, how FreeBSD password protection work ? You must link you programs with -lcrypt to use it. If you need DES support (default is md5), you can get ebonus distribution from freebsd-internat > which has the following specifications: > > Pentium II 300Mhz, 128mb RAM > FreeBSD 2.1.7.1 and Apache 1.2.4 > > Am I correct when I say that crypt() is not/will not be incorporated > into my (or any) version of FreeBSD? Would you have a decent > alternative suggestion? In this case, it'd be called from a cgi > script, and used to password protect the functionality of the > cgi-built admin page for my messageboard. I've enjoyed using htpasswd > to "protect" directories on my site, but I'm not sure it applies here... > > Any light you can shed on this subject will be greatly appreciated. > > Fred Isler > > == > --- > W. Fredric Isler > fred_isler@yahoo.com > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- @= //RSSH mailto:Ruslan@Shevchenko.Kiev.UA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message