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Subject: Re: BSDi password to FreeBSD 2.1.6 - help
To: adepoo@tamnet.com.mx
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 15:40:06 -0600 (CST)
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199703272002.OAA18147@cache-rey.tamnet.com.mx> from "adepoo@tamnet.com.mx" at "Mar 27, 97 02:02:22 pm"
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In a previous message, adepoo@tamnet.com.mx said:
> Maybe this is an old one, but I don't know how to port master.passwd, pwd.db spwd.db
> to FreeBSD.
> 
> I try to use pwd_mkdb, it formats well into the password and master.password
> but the diference in password is big, in BSDi the encripte is more or less
> half the characters that the encripted on FreeBSD.
> 
> I want to make the changes to a new system, so it will not be a problem
> if I have to recompile the kernel in the FreeBSD if I have to use other
> encription system.
> 
> I hope you get the idea. Thanks in advance for any information.
> 
> Please reply to my email box.

Sounds like BSDI uses DES encryption. Install the DES package on FreeBSD.


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