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From: cgd@eden.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: crypt login
Date: 4 Dec 92 01:00:25
Organization: Kernel Hackers 'r' Us
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In-reply-to: peter@ferranti.com's message of Thu, 3 Dec 1992 17:52:24 GMT
In article <id.PHIV.DLB@ferranti.com> peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva) writes:
>Will this package allow me to copy my passwords over from my existing
>System V system? If not, I guess it's time to take fcrypt and start
>hacking...
well, it uses the standard BSD crypt.c...
i dunno about "[your] existing System V system" but i've personally
verified that it works with passwords from SunOS, Ultrix, and A/UX 2.0
(which *is* SVr2)...
so yes, it *should* work...
Chris
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Chris G. Demetriou cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
"Sometimes it is better to have twenty million instructions by
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