On Sat, 2001-10-20 18:09:14 +0200, Norbert Bomba?a <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Helo :-) > > How to convert password file form OPENBSD /etc/master.passwd MD5 to > debian MD5 /etc/passwd file ??? > The coded strings aren't the same length a I think that they are coded not > the same way. > Where can I find convert script or how to do this ? > I tried coded the same user and the same password in both systems and ... > coded password are diffrent.
Try to add 2 new users at your linux box with exactly the same password. See that the crypted (hashed) version is not the same. Well, the problem is that 2 users might use the same password. If I had stolen a /etc/passwd, I would instantly know that I've cracked both users because I would see two identical crypted values. So whenever you're to set a new password, the system fetches some random data (the first characters of the crypted value you find in /etc/passwd) and prepends it with your input. This combined string gets actually hashed. In the hashed result is also written to your /etc/passwd, it's the rest of the crypted characters you find in the passwd field. So try to simply copy one of your BSDish password hashes to a newly created user's passwd field on your Linux box and try it. I actually haven't done that before, but it *might* succeed... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
