Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 11:41:23 GMT From: mike@sentex.net (Mike Tancsa) To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu (Doug White) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mixed DES and MD5 password file Message-ID: <351f83e9.601135407@mail.sentex.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329214932.23543H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980329214932.23543H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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On Sun, 29 Mar 1998 21:58:42 -0800 (PST), in sentex.lists.freebsd.questions you wrote: >On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Philippe Regnauld wrote: > >> Hi people. >> >> I'm in the process of upgrading a couple of Linux web servers to >> FreeBSD. Question is, I'd like to use md5 on the FreeBSD box, >> but I'd also like to be able to use the old password files. >This isn't possible, I don't think. In order to use MD5 everything has to >be in MD5 format, but the old passwords are in DES. The replacement Can you not append a $1$ to the password in the master.passwd file to distinguish between it and DES style ? e.g. I have something similar in my master.passwd file root:$1$cvKgX$0OWz9X0S99E1WZZ3Qabc1Q0:0:0::0:0:System Administrator:/root:/bin/csh userguy:i0WVrv7YUOsZY:8761:118::0:0:A User,,,:/home/userguy:/bin/csh (No, the hashes are not real) ---Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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