Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:01:57 +0200 From: Luciano Mannucci <luciano@vespaperitivo.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Migrating users from Linux In-Reply-To: <20140722163740.157c7156@gumby.homeunix.com> References: <20140722160329.24aff9e6@mordeus> <53CE75BE.30407@inti.gob.ar> <20140722163740.157c7156@gumby.homeunix.com>
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On Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:37:40 +0100 RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> wrote: > > I think that if you respect the fields order and values for > > master.password, the hash will work fine. > > See "man 5 master.password", and if you need to add another algorithm > > see "man 3 crytp" to understand in witch algorithm you have hashed the > > old passwords (for example, if the hash begins with $1$ is in MD5) > > I very much doubt that. FreeBSDs MD5 is a complicated iterative hash > not just MD5. Even where Linux uses the same algorithm for a hash, > there's no standard for the number of interations. Well, actually I have to say that no, MD5 works "as is" if taken from a linux shadow password file, while blowfish doesn't (at least the "y" version). I have'nt tested DES yet. Cheers, Luciano. -- /"\ /Via A. Salaino, 7 - 20144 Milano (Italy) \ / ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN / PHONE : +39 2 485781 FAX: +39 2 48578250 X AGAINST HTML MAIL / E-MAIL: posthamster@sublink.sublink.ORG / \ AND POSTINGS / WWW: http://www.lesassaie.IT/
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