"N. Kofi Amu" wrote:
>
> Thank you Anthony for your response. I appreciated the need to repeat the password
>on the
> terminal or in the GUI. What I need is I have over twenty users to setup and I do
>have
> these users names in a database. All I need is to add their passwords and export
>them
It's put in there twice to make sure you typed in your password right. It
would be really bad if you accidently mistyped your password when you created
it, and had no way of knowing it till you found out you couldn't log in.
>On the command line when you type PASSWD username it request for the
>
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, you wrote:
>
> Right, so... does every system using MD5 have a different algorithm
> for computing the hash? Thus, my system gets different hashes for the
> same password? If not, then you could certainly use a dictionary of
> hashes to get his passwords. If so, then you
On Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > On 22 Sep, John Aldrich wrote:
> > > Well, you see, that's the beauty of MD5 hashes...it's not encryption,
> > > per se. :-) IIRC, MD5 creates a "fingerprint" of the password and
> > > then throws away the password. In
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On 22 Sep, John Aldrich wrote:
> > Well, you see, that's the beauty of MD5 hashes...it's not encryption,
> > per se. :-) IIRC, MD5 creates a "fingerprint" of the password and
> > then throws away the password. In the future, if someone wants to
> > access something wi
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Richard Adams wrote:
> >
> > > >
> > > > Looking at the passwd line below, the system operator did not set a
> > > > passwd for "test" to start with, which is a bad thing.
> > >
> > > Not even true. That 'x' means one of two things:
> >
> > I beg to differ on i
On 22 Sep, John Aldrich wrote:
> Well, you see, that's the beauty of MD5 hashes...it's not encryption,
> per se. :-) IIRC, MD5 creates a "fingerprint" of the password and
> then throws away the password. In the future, if someone wants to
> access something with an MD5 hashed password, the passwor
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote:
> Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
> >
> > I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of
> > shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list..
>
>
> It'd take years to decrypt that MD5 hash back to a usable password.
> That's sorta
fph7EA0:10854:0:9:7:-1:-1:134537896
> > test:$1$owwnI1m0$boC2hy9UBooW0ib4Pph0i.:10855:1:9:7:0::135223440
> >
> > what do I change user test to?
> >
> > Stephen.
> >
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROT
Richard Adams wrote:
>
> > >
> > > Looking at the passwd line below, the system operator did not set a
> > > passwd for "test" to start with, which is a bad thing.
> >
> > Not even true. That 'x' means one of two things:
>
> I beg to differ on item 1), when no shadow is used it will still show
10:56 AM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [newbie] PASSWD
I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of
shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list..
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:
lp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] PASSWD
>
>
> Richard Adams wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > I added a user called "test"
> > &g
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> Richard Adams wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > I added a user called "test"
> > > with a password of "test"
> > >
> > >
> > > when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to
> > > anything!!!)
> > >
> > > errors inc
.
-Original Message-
From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:45 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] PASSWD
Richard Adams wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > I added a user called "test"
> &
5:49 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] PASSWD
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Lambert, Stephen : CO IR wrote:
>
> > when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password
(to
> > anything!!!)
> >
> > error
Richard Adams wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > I added a user called "test"
> > with a password of "test"
> >
> >
> > when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to
> > anything!!!)
> >
> > errors include:
> >
> > BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
> > BAD PA
On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> I added a user called "test"
> with a password of "test"
>
>
> when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to
> anything!!!)
>
> errors include:
>
> BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
> BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
> p
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Lambert, Stephen : CO IR wrote:
>
> > when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password (to
> > anything!!!)
> >
> > errors include:
> >
> > BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
> > BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary wo
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