From: "Jochen Hoenicke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Special password protection [PATCH]
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 11:18:30 +0200 (MET DST)
> I have now integrated the md5 passwords into grub. The patch is at
> http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~delwi/grub/grub-md5-passwords.tar.gz
Why don't you check it in to the CVS? ;-)
> is interpreted as clear text as before. The only break in backwards
> compatibility is that clear text passwords starting with "--" are no
> longer permitted.
I think this is acceptable.
> To generate md5 passwords I have included a perl script that uses the
> unix crypt command for this. This only works if your system supports
> md5 passwords (most modern linux systems do).
Only this is unacceptable. I may write a system-independent
replacement, if you wouldn't.
Thanks,
Okuji
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