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From: mrami@minerva.cis.yale.edu (Marc A. Ramirez)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD 1.0 rel. xdm-des won't login
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References: <1993Nov22.075226.24701@serval.net.wsu.edu> <blackw.754075172@sfu.ca> <1993Nov23.235352.10020@serval.net.wsu.edu>
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1993 04:32:13 GMT
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In article <1993Nov23.235352.10020@serval.net.wsu.edu> msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) writes:
>In article <blackw.754075172@sfu.ca> blackw@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard Blackwell) writes:
>>msmith@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Mark Smith) writes:
>>
>>>Greetings,
>>
>>>problem.  When I fire up xdm-des (linked as xdm) I try to log in and it
>>>won't let me.
>>
>>Have you got a password set for your account?  I am using xdm
>>
>I set up passwords first off.  All accounts have passwords.
>
>Mark

Since you already had passwords set up and then tried to install DES, the
decryption method is different, and your decrypted password becomed
garbldygook.  (I've already had to break into my system because of this.) 
You might want to erase them and re-enter them.

Marc.
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