Re: [expert] how do I allow users to ftp in

[Eric Dexter]

At 11:11 AM 11/18/1999 +0100, you wrote:
>:~>> It should be fixed of course but why would anyone want to not use MD5
>:~>> and shadow passwords?
>:~>
>:~>    If you have a passwd file maintenance system with dozens (or
>:~>hundreds) of users, you may not want to force everybody to re-create their
>:~>passwords when you can just copy the old passwd file.
>
>What is a problem with copying the passwd+shadow? By the way, could
>someone explain me what are the MD5 passwords?  

MD5 is simply an encryption algorithym. Keeps you from having PLAIN TEXT
passwords in your /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files.  AFAIK, it's just a
second layer of security.




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