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Date:      Fri, 27 Oct 2000 20:31:29 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Don Read <dread@texas.net>
To:        Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: DES passwd
Message-ID:  <XFMail.001027203129.dread@texas.net>
In-Reply-To: <20001027111926.A51348@cpl.net>

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On 27-Oct-00 Shawn Ramsey wrote:
> I am trying to enable DES passwords on a 4.1.1-RELEASE machine. I installed
> the crypto distribution. And now at least "adduser" encrypts passwords with
> DES. But "passwd" does not. I tried recompiling. I thought all I did before
> (3.4-RELEASE) was install the same package, and passwd encrypted with DES.

<snip> 

> I tried coping the libdescryt libs to the same name as passwd points to, but
> it still encrypts with MD5 passwds. :(
> 

if you already have a MD5 password, passwd will use MD5 for the new one.
vipw and zero out the passwd field, have user login then set a new password.

Regards,
-- 
Don Read                     dread@texas.net
There are old sailors, and there are foolish 
sailors; but damn few old foolish sailors.
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