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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.netspace.net.au!serval.net.wsu.edu!netnews.nwnet.net!oracle.pnl.gov!osi-east2.es.net!lll-winken.llnl.gov!uwm.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!agate!violet.berkeley.edu!jkh From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: Password compatability between 1.1.5(RELEASE) & 2.0(RELEASE) ? Date: 29 Jan 1995 09:31:10 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3gfn8u$3tu@agate.berkeley.edu> References: <3gfd1k$e6h@tipellium.apana.org.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu In article <3gfd1k$e6h@tipellium.apana.org.au>, Leigh Hart <hart@apanix.apana.org.au> wrote: >I've just helped a friend upgrade from 1.1.5 to 2.0, and I've noticed >a subtle difference in the generic (non-DES) password systems. Ie: >they don't seems to be compatible. You need to get ahold of one of the foreign distributions of DES for FreeBSD. You can't simply grab the secure dist from the U.S. since it violates export. I can't really say for sure where/if there is such available yet, however. Sorry! Jordan