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Date: Fri, 19 Jul 1996 23:23:49 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
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To: Veggy Vinny <richardc@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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Subject: Re: secure distribution
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On Fri, 19 Jul 1996, Veggy Vinny wrote:

> 	I accidentally supped the -current secure distribution on one of 
> our machines and the system is now running using DES encryption.  Is 
> there anyway to go back to the MD5 distribution since I think all the 
> passwords are now DES...

I believe -current has a "amorphous" crypt library so it should be able to
deal with the passwords either way. 

Just to be sure, make sure the console is "insecure" before you reboot
next time.  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major