Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 14:56:19 -0600 (CST) From: Wayne M Barnes <wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu> To: sheldonh@uunet.co.za (Sheldon Hearn) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: password length Message-ID: <199912292056.OAA39582@barnes1.wustl.edu> In-Reply-To: <16061.946465617@axl.noc.iafrica.com> from Sheldon Hearn at "Dec 29, 1999 01:06:57 pm"
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Dear Sheldon,
You're right, the second URL below showed my problem. I
have links to libdescrypt instead of to libscrypt.
So how do I switch over to MD5-type password encryption?
If I just change the 3 links to libscrypt and make world, I suppose
that my password data base will be unbuttered toast, and all of
my users will have to re-enter their passwords, once I have bootstrapped
with boot -s.
I bet my other programs that use passwords, such as atalkd and Samba,
will be messed up, also.
For a new install, how could I have installed MD5 instead of DES?
I.e. where did I go wrong?
Wayne M. Barnes, Ph.D. wayne@barnes1.wustl.edu
>
>
> On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 12:20:28 CST, Wayne M Barnes wrote:
>
> > I just noticed that a couple of my 3.3 (or 3.4RC) systems are
> > not recognizing any more than 8 characters of my passwords.
>
> I'll bet you're using DES instead of MD5. :-)
>
> See the following references:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/install.html#AEN634
> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/security.html#CRYPT
>
> Ciao,
> Sheldon.
>
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