Re: Password encrypting

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Izak Burger wrote: [cut] > The "salt" is some random value that is used in the encryption > algorithm, two-characters chosen from the set [a-zA-Z0-9./]. These > two characters are then stored as the first two characters of the crypted > password. That way, when you log in,

Re: Password encrypting

On Fri, 1 Jun 2001, Izak Burger wrote: [cut] > The "salt" is some random value that is used in the encryption > algorithm, two-characters chosen from the set [a-zA-Z0-9./]. These > two characters are then stored as the first two characters of the crypted > password. That way, when you log in,

Re: Password encrypting

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Robert Magier wrote: > Values of encrypted passwords are diffrent each time I use makepasswd. > So, how the login program check my password? > I tested if I can login to the system for each of this values ( I write it > down to the /etc/shadow ) and I could. The crypt() fu

Re: Password encrypting

On Wed, 30 May 2001, Robert Magier wrote: > Values of encrypted passwords are diffrent each time I use makepasswd. > So, how the login program check my password? > I tested if I can login to the system for each of this values ( I write it > down to the /etc/shadow ) and I could. The crypt() f