Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 09:23:17 -0400 From: "Derek (freebsd lists)" <482254ac@razorfever.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CHAP using /etc/passwd Message-ID: <3cdfae7c-9478-42e3-5fed-7da3376416ce@chezmarcotte.ca> In-Reply-To: <20200621172318.GA12664@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> References: <20200621172318.GA12664@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca>
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On 2020-06-21 1:23 p.m., The Doctor via freebsd-questions wrote: > Is there a way to use CHAP plugged into /etc/passwd? > "CHAP requires that both the client and server know the plaintext of the secret." /etc/(master.)passwd uses a one-way password hash. The server cannot know the secret. You'll need a separate database. It might be possible to use a pam module to use either CHAP directly, or reference whatever second database you have, so you still only have one set of passwords. I have no specific suggestions here though. Derek
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