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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!jraynard.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@jraynard.demon.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: password file: NetBSD -> FreeBSD Date: 12 Jun 1996 22:06:33 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD Box Lines: 23 Message-ID: <4pnf19$9kq@jraynard.demon.co.uk> References: <4pmh3b$3te@mc3.mcnet.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: jraynard.demon.co.uk In article <4pmh3b$3te@mc3.mcnet.ch>, Benoit Rossier <Benoit.Rossier@mcnet.ch> wrote: > >I want to migrate from NetBSD to FreeBSD. >On NetBSD I use DES encryption and on FreeBSD I would like to use MD5. > >Is it possible to convert password file? Not unless your passwords are easily cracked! 8-) (If you think about it, the only way to convert the file is to decrypt it first, which should be rather difficult...). >Or can I use two library's encryption in parallel? I think you'll have to use DES on FreeBSD (making sure, of course to download the des distribution from a non-US host). -- James Raynard, Edinburgh, Scotland james@jraynard.demon.co.uk jraynard@FreeBSD.ORG