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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.hawaii.edu!ames!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!wupost!uunet!mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!terra.stack.urc.tue.nl!tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl!jim From: jim@wft.stack.urc.tue.nl (Jim Rump) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: vipw and password encryption 386BSD Message-ID: <1g91ssINN483@tricky.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl> Date: 11 Dec 92 03:28:28 GMT References: <CC-MAIL+12_8_92_2#c#01PM+vipw_and_password_encryption_386BSD*_S=BLANSFIE_OU=EM-01_O=CCMGW_PRMD=GOV+USDOE.G02_ADMD=ATTMAIL_C=US_@mailgw> Organization: Baseline Labs. Eindhoven Holland Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Host: shark.wft.stack.urc.tue.nl X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6] /S=BLANSFIE/OU=EM-01/O=CCMGW/PRMD=GOV+USDOE.G02/ADMD=ATTMAIL/C=US/@mailgw.er.doe.gov wrote: : : Hello, : : I've been playing with adding users to my system and I noticed : something very disturbing. When I run vipw the password field is not : encrypted! Is this a feature or a bug or am I missing somthing? : Has anyone else seen this? : This is *NOT* a bug. You must just install the proper crypt! get it from your favorite ftp-site. I say get it from ftp.stack.urc.tue.nl. Jim