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Date:      Sun, 17 Jan 1999 10:51:53 -0800 (PST)
From:      Eddie Lawhead <eddie@silk.net>
To:        sporkl@ix.netcom.com
Cc:        fbsdqs <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Passwords after upgrade
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901171049180.13523-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901171306090.22350-100000@PigStuy.nws.net>

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On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Spike wrote:

> On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Eddie Lawhead wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Spike wrote:
> > 
> > > On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Eddie Lawhead wrote:
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Hello!
> > > > 
> > > > How did you do the upgrade?  /stand/sysinstall or from the source?  It
> > > > sounds like your password databases files were overwritten.  If the
> > > > accounts were still in /etc/passwd then this is almost definatly they
> > > > case.
> > > 
> > > I upgraded from source (make aout-to-elf). 
> > > 
> > 
> > I think that when you updated the /etc/ directory you must have
> > overwritten the pwd.db file with the one from the source.
> 
> I hadn't updated /etc/ at this point- this was immediately after
> completeing the install of the elf system and then rebooting. Might I now
> be using MD5 as opposed to DES to encrypt my passwords? How can I find
> this out? 

I believe you can recongnize the MD5 password by the $1$ at the
begginning.  They are also longer. Just take a look at
master.passwd and see if there is a $1$ at the start of the passwords.

Eddie H. Lawhead


> 
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > Eddie H. Lawhead
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On Sun, 17 Jan 1999, Spike wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	When I upgrade my 2.2.8 system to 3.0-RELEASE ELF, the system
> > > > > rebooted and gave me a login prompt (xdm didn't start because
> > > > > GENERICupgrade didn't have enough ttyvs). When I tried to login as root or
> > > > > spork, my only logins, it refused each time as if my password was
> > > > > incorrect. I rebooted to single user mode, got logged in as root, and used
> > > > > "passwd" to change my password. I then deleted user spork and remade it
> > > > > with the same UID/GID so my home directory would still be mine. Then I
> > > > > could login normally. Why didn't my passwords work when I upgraded?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 	-Spike Gronim
> > > > > 	 sporkl@ix.netcom.com	
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 		The majority only rules those who let them. 
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
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> > > 	-Spike Gronim
> > > 	 sporkl@ix.netcom.com	
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 		The majority only rules those who let them. 
> > > 
> > > 
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> 
> 	-Spike Gronim
> 	 sporkl@ix.netcom.com	
> 
> 
> 		The majority only rules those who let them. 
> 
> 
> 

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