On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:07:18 -0500 (CDT), [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Also, It appears that RHE3 and RH72 use different hashing functions for
> the /etc/passwd file (I created a root user on the RHE3 box and compared
> the hash to the RH72 box and they are different.) I suppose this means I
> cannot simply copy over the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow files to move the
> users over. Anyway to convert between the two?

Nope, same hash, different salt.  Mmm, salted hash... Try using the
same password more than once, you'll find that the hash changes.

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