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From: markm@NOSPAMiafrica.com (Mark R V Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Migrating from DES to MD5 passwords
Date: 3 Mar 1997 07:51:04 GMT
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In article <5f6se2$llp$2@polaris.eurocontrol.fr>,
>> I've heard that some versions of FreeBSD understand mixed DES/MD5 password
>> files, but I can't recall which version that started at, nor could I find
>> that info in the FAQ.
>
> 2.2 and up will understand both formats but the default is DES I think. You
> should be able to change it in the source. If you do this, each time a
> password is changed, it will use the default format.
I wrote the "dual-personality crypt", and it is in 2.1.5 and further.
> If you give crypt(3) a salt beginning with "$1$", it will use MD5
> passwords. Look into /usr/src/secure/lib/libcrypt/ for details.
Passwd will use whicher salt type is currently set for the passwd
being changed.
(My email address has been messed with to thwart spammers)
M