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Date:      Fri, 14 May 1999 07:37:29 +1000
From:      Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au>
To:        Andy Angrick <angrick@netdirect.net>
Cc:        freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: MD5 -> DES
Message-ID:  <19990514073728.28080@welearn.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19990513195347.00c08338@netdirect.net>; from Andy Angrick on Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:53:47PM -0500
References:  <1.5.4.32.19990513195347.00c08338@netdirect.net>

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On Thu, May 13, 1999 at 02:53:47PM -0500, Andy Angrick wrote:
> Anyone know of an easy way to change from MD5 passwords to DES passwords?
> I've got a couple of programs that just don't seem to like MD5...works fine
> on my DES encrypted password server, though. Also, I only have a couple of
> users configured on the MD5 encrypted server.

You'll find this discussed in the freebsd-questions archives.
http://www.freebsd.org/search.html

I seem to recall that it's possible but not as simple as some would
hope, i.e., no conversion as such. But check what they said.

Maybe there's a way to stay with MD5 passwords that would be easier
than changing, depending on what programs are giving you a hard time.
Ask the people on -questions who have already dealt with the same
problem and whose answers will be vetted by others before you go trying
something you might regret.


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Regards,
        -*Sue*-
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