Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:04:38 +1030 From: Tim Peters <tim@lost.net.au> To: Bsd Neophyte <bsdneophyte@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: converting passwords to blowfish Message-ID: <20021118043438.GA1819@adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <20021118035059.59932.qmail@web20104.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20021118035059.59932.qmail@web20104.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 07:50:59PM -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote: > > i've been running through some tutorials on how to convert the passwords > from md5 to blowfish. > > there's mention of the following to actually do the conversion: > > cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf > > however, i don't see the conversion. the tutorial mentions that the > password should start with $2$, but they still begin with $1$ > > how do i correct this? only new passwords will be encrypted in blowfish. there is no way to translate them from one to the other, short of requiring your users to re-enter them. -tim To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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