On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 05:58:48AM -, Peter Kiem wrote:
Failing solving the above, is there something I could run (perhaps on a
nightly basis) to process the shadow file and convert the crypt style
passwords into MD5 ones?
Both DES hashes (crypt) and MD5 hashes are one way hash
Hi Brian,
man useradd
This is the standard way (chpasswd is antiquated, IMHO). It's fully script
friendly.
I already use useradd for adding new users (although I dont add their
password at that stage) but I also use chpasswd for resetting passwords.
Can you use useradd to change passwords
Peter Kiem,
On Thursday March 14, 2002 06:18, you said something about:
I already use useradd for adding new users (although I dont add their
password at that stage) but I also use chpasswd for resetting passwords.
Can you use useradd to change passwords after a user is created?
The See Also
I have 2 places where passwords are being set on a server where the passwords
seem to be encrypted using crypt instead of MD5.
1. chpasswd command
Scripts that setup new users, and reset passwords, are using the following
command to set the password:
echo $user:$password | chpasswd
Now this
Peter Kiem,
On Thursday March 14, 2002 12:58, you said something about:
I have 2 places where passwords are being set on a server where the
passwords seem to be encrypted using crypt instead of MD5.
1. chpasswd command
Scripts that setup new users, and reset passwords, are using the
