Date: Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:34:11 -0800 (PST) From: bmk@dtr.com To: ahill@netspace.net.au (Anthony Hill) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD2.0.5 / BSDI 2 passwords Message-ID: <199511090434.UAA06992@dtr.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.951109143628.6820C-100000@tornado.netspace.net.au> from "Anthony Hill" at Nov 9, 95 02:48:02 pm
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> What is the relationship between the passwords on BSDI and FreeBSD ? I > notice the encrypted passwords on BSDI seem to be much shorter than the > ones on FreeBSD. FreeBSD uses MD5 passwords - I think that BSDI uses DES, which would explain the difference. (FreeBSD can also use DES if you install the DES code out of the secure dist. > The reason I ask is because I have written a perl script which creates > encrypted passwords suitable for importing directly into FreeBSDs > /etc/master.passwd file. (The script uses perls crypt function in a > manner similar to Wolfram Schneider's `adduser' script for FreeBSD). > Would such a script produce BSDI compatable passwords if it was executed > on a BSDI machine ? It should, since the perl crypt function is simply a call to whatever crypt function happens to be on the machine in question.
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