Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 13:56:22 -0600 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com> To: "Network Admin [JPeterson]" <jay@qtm.net> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions List <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Shadow passwd encryption method... Message-ID: <19991205135621.A84625@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFKEKDCBAA.jay@qtm.net>; from "Network Admin [JPeterson]" on Sun Dec 5 08:40:35 GMT 1999 References: <19991205025005.B77822@dan.emsphone.com> <PCEIIOODPEIJJFAGCCEFKEKDCBAA.jay@qtm.net>
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In the last episode (Dec 05), Network Admin [JPeterson] said: > > Make sure that you installed the DES crypto libs. Chances are that > > your passwd file has all DES passwords, and a plain FreeBSD install > > uses only MD5. You should be able to add DES support through > > sysinstall ( Configure / Distributions / DES / DES ). > > Okay, once I have installed that, how do I enable using that > encryption, and does it still support the old encryption? (i.e. will > the passwds that I already have reset with MD5 still work once I > reboot or am I going to be locked out because root's passwd is MD5?) With the DES libs installed, all new passwords will be DES-encrypted, but it will still recognize the MD5 passwords. -- Dan Nelson dnelson@emsphone.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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