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Date:      Tue, 6 May 1997 16:53:54 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@sdf.com>
To:        Chris Coleman <chris@bb.cc.wa.us>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Passwords don't work.
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.94.970506165222.7199J-100000@misery.sdf.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.94.970506163642.3038A-100000@aries.bb.cc.wa.us>

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On Tue, 6 May 1997, Chris Coleman wrote:

> I just upgraded to 3.0-05021997-SNAP and it fixed my syscons problem. :-)
> (otherwise i couldn't have upgraded.)  I upgraded from a 2.1.6 machine.
> 
> However, about half of my users can't login in because their passwords
> don't work.  I noticed that it is all the newer ones.  All the ones that
> have been around for more than three months still work.  I think it must
> have something to do with a different encryption type.  As far as I know I
> haven't changed.  But I could be wrong. Right now we are just changing
> users passwords as they complain. (really sucks with 300+ students)
> 
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.

  Not really a freebsd-hackers topic.

  What passwd encryption do you have installed?  It may be as simple as
installing the des kit.  This install notes explains what the des kit is
for.

> Christopher J. Coleman (chris@aries.bb.cc.wa.us)
> Computer Support Technician I  (509)-766-8873
> Big Bend Community College  Internet Instructor
> FreeBSD Book Project:  http://vinyl.quickweb.com/~chrisc/book.html
> Disclaimer: Even Though it has My Name on it, Doesn't mean I said it.
> 
> 
> 




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