On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Scott Ellis wrote: > On 20 Jan 1998, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > For the most part, shadow aware libc6 programs should recognise md5 > passwords, since libc6 includes a transparent crypt function that > recognises a md5 salt and does the crypt accordingly. Programs that > don't function should have bugs files against them. The way to make a > program md5crypt aware is to pass the entire encrypted password as the > salt to crypt() instead of just the first two characters.
how do you convert a passwd/shadow file to md5 passwords? say i've got a shadow file full of old-style crypted passwords, how do i convert them all to md5crypt (without having to know what the plaintext password is)? craig -- craig sanders -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
