On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 08:42:17PM -0000, pop corn wrote:
> First of all, I was no help. Secondly, I am having the exact same problem
> with understanding the password situation between cleartext, md5, and crypt.
It's easy, the crypt the password (I posted a perl routine for this a few
days ago) and store it as
UserPassword: {crypt}cryptedpassword
> uid: elvis
> userPassword: {MD5}X03MO1qnZdYdgyfeuILPmQ==
>
> I have been trying to figure out how Henning created Elvis's MD5 password.
> Exactly how are you creating the MD5 password?
This part was contributed, I memory serves me right by Mike Jackson. My
guess is he just used Perl's MD5 module or a command line md5.
> Also, how do you intend to generate the MD5 password on an production basis
> for new users?
Normally you'll write a webinterface for this. The most of us have such an
interface, and nearly all are very different due to the deep integration
with our backends.
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* Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.bsws.de *
* Roedingsmarkt 14, 20459 Hamburg, Germany *
Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity.
(Dennis Ritchie)
