Maybe your have switched between hashing modes (DES->MD5 or MD5->DES)? Because hashing algorithms doesn't changing without a wide notification has been made. Please check handbook on this subj.
Maxim Sheldon Hearn wrote: > This may or may not affect you. > > Today's installworld broke passwords for me. By that, I mean that login, > xdm, su and friends gave authentication failures on all passwords for > all users that I tried. I suspect this has to do with a hashing > algorithm that isn't backward compatible. > > I used Kerberos to get into the machine as root and change important > passwords to exactly what they were before. This worked. The new > encrypted passwords are happy. :) > > I don't want to cause hysteria, and I can't guarantee that my report is > accurate. All the same, do yourself a favour on your next installworld: > > ??????? Make SURE you have an open root session somewhere. Do NOT hide > ??????? it behind xlock, and do NOT use lock(1) to keep it safe. > > ??????? This will allow you to passwd(1) to create new encrypted > ??????? passwords for your users. > > ??????? If you have shell accounts that need access to the box and you > ??????? don't want to have to rehash all their passwords, hold off on > ??????? installworld until someone calls me a liar, or a fix is > ??????? committed. > > Ciao, > Sheldon. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
