On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:46:20PM -0800, Mary Christie Generalao wrote:
>
> How do i force RH7 to use DES passwords (or if im
> using the wrong algorithm, i mean the 13-char
> password) instead of the MD5 password that's currently
> active? I wanted to revert to the old standard
> password because some of our scripts that check the
> password cant understand md5. i wish to go back to the
> old format without reinstalling the OS. Any tips?
If you're using perl, there's an MD5 module on CPAN. The
built-in crypt() function of PHP also supports MD5.
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