Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 04:00:36 -0700 (PDT) From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/52392: Password lengths over 8 chracters are ignored Message-ID: <200305181100.h4IB0atK044644@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR i386/52392; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@nitro.dk> To: Chris Lewis <chris@digitalwaffle.net> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: i386/52392: Password lengths over 8 chracters are ignored Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 12:57:20 +0200 --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2003.05.18 03:50:11 -0700, Chris Lewis wrote: > It would appear the problem is not with the FreeBSD core, but instead wi= th=20 > /usr/bin/adduser, which I used to set my test user's password initially,= =20 > the problem did not apply to passwords changed later (as they should be)= =20 > with "passwd". > =20 > The issue is, therefore, with adduser - but I don't know how relevant it= is=20 > considering users should change their passwords anyway after being added= =2E :) I think the problem is that adduser uses DES passwords by default even when you have set MD5 e.g. in login.conf. This has been discussed a few times before, but I can't remember the reason for this. Try searching the mailling list archives. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+x2cQ8kocFXgPTRwRAkDrAJ4vXngof5PbPCvO60MtuOHGAr9XTQCguCer BKYnc0h5UAgUN5viSCfTpsU= =6VLy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --LZvS9be/3tNcYl/X--
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