Actually Linux machines "can" handle MD5 passwords. Most likely, the problem
is that you haven't merged the hashed passwords into the passwd.* maps.
>From /var/yp/Makefile:
# If you want to use a FreeBSD NIS server to serve non-FreeBSD clients
# (i.e. clients who expect the password field in the passwd maps to be
# valid) then uncomment this line. This will cause $YPDIR/passwd to
# be generated with valid password fields. This is insecure: FreeBSD
# normally only serves the master.passwd maps (which have real encrypted
# passwords in them) to the superuser on other FreeBSD machines, but
# non-FreeBSD clients (e.g. SunOS, Solaris (without NIS+), IRIX, HP-UX,
# etc...) will only work properly in 'unsecure' mode.
#
UNSECURE = "True"
Peter Avalos
TheShell.com
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Fumerola
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 10:26 PM
> To: Stephen Hocking
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Getting Linux NIS to work with FreeBSD NIS servers
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> On Sun, Oct 15, 2000 at 10:23:05PM -0500, Stephen Hocking wrote:
> > The Linux box appears toknow about the users, it just cant get
> the passwords
> > right - something tickles my mind about DES vs MD5, is this the
> case, and how
> > do I convert my MD5 passwords if needed?
>
> Yes thats the case, no there is no "conversion" program. If there was
> a conversion program it would mean there is a way to translate to
> plaintext
> and that obviously isn't the case (modulo brute-force).
>
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> Bill Fumerola - Network Architect, BOFH / Chimes, Inc.
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