Re: DES to MD5 Password conversion?

[Andrew Pollock <debian-lists@andrew.net.au>]

On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, nate wrote:

> Johannes Graumann said:
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> > Any hints are highly appreciated.
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> if it's a debian(or linux) system the change will probably be done
> in /etc/pam.d/passwd ..
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> password   required   pam_unix.so nullok obscure min=4 max=8 md5
>
> note the md5 at the end ..

Easiest way to achieve the above is to dpkg-reconfigure passwd

> I am not aware of any method to convert DES to MD5 passwords, I
> would be suprised if it was possible, so your existing passwords
> should be manuallly re-set using passwd so they are written in
> MD5(probably no harm in having both ..but I'm paranoid like that)
>
> nate
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