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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6023 ; Sun, 03 Jan 93 17:32:17 EST Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!nigel.msen.com!math.fu-berlin.de!unidui!Germany.EU.net!unidoct!plato!sn From: sn@plato.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de (sn) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: encrypted passwds on 386bsd Message-ID: <935@unidoct.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de> Date: 6 Jan 93 03:11:20 GMT References: <1993Jan2.185919.13930@ariel.ec.usf.edu> <C0E0wA.9Gr@ibmpcug.co.uk> Sender: news@unidoct.chemietechnik.uni-dortmund.de Lines: 23 adrian@rachel.ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall) writes: >gambert@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Allen Gambert) writes: >> I remember reading awhile back on how to add encryption in the passwd file. >> I lost the copy of the file and I would know like to add this feature. >> >> Does anyone know how this can be done? Do I just need to add the crypt function >> to one of the libraries and then change the login program so it calls >> getpass. I would then crypt the passwd and then compare it to the encrypted >> copy in the passwd file. Is this all I need to do or is there more. Any help >> would be appreciated. >Look in the file /usr/386bsd.errata/crypt.instructions from the >standard distribution. I installed crypt on my system and everything works fine. However, if I put xdm in the /etc/rc.local so that I login under Xfree86, it doesn't find crypt and I have to enter my password encrypted (!!) Is there any fix for this? Do I have to recompile xdm? If so, where can I get those sources <only>. I don't want to get the entire X11R5 source -Sven