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. > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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