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From: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Password compatability between 1.1.5(RELEASE) & 2.0(RELEASE) ?
Date: 29 Jan 1995 09:31:10 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
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In article <3gfd1k$e6h@tipellium.apana.org.au>,
Leigh Hart <hart@apanix.apana.org.au> wrote:
>I've just helped a friend upgrade from 1.1.5 to 2.0, and I've noticed
>a subtle difference in the generic (non-DES) password systems.  Ie:
>they don't seems to be compatible.

You need to get ahold of one of the foreign distributions of DES
for FreeBSD.  You can't simply grab the secure dist from the U.S. since
it violates export.

I can't really say for sure where/if there is such available yet, however.
Sorry!

						Jordan