Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 13:10:41 -0700 From: James Moser <james@ytjameslee.com> To: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@casselton.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Encrypted Password Portability Between releases Message-ID: <3F846F41.8050803@ytjameslee.com> In-Reply-To: <200310081322.h98DM3AV013070@casselton.net> References: <200310081322.h98DM3AV013070@casselton.net>
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Hey Mark, Thanks for your reply but I found the problem. It was in the programming and not the encryption... Mark Tinguely wrote: > James Moser <james@ytjameslee.com> writes: > > > >> ... If I encrypt on a 4.7 box will it work on a 4.8 >>system, just not the other way around? >> >> > >what is the entry in the "crypt_default" two OSes /etc/auth.conf files? > >I suspect the FreeBSD 4.8 is defaulting to MD5 encyption and the >FreeBSD 4.7 is knowledgable about DES encyption. MD5 passwords are >obvious because they start with "$1$" and they are longer than >DES encrypted passwords. > >Sounds like you are re-implementing YP/NIS (see: man 8 yp). > >--Mark Tinguely > >
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