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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!204.253.208.40!insync!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!news.sgi.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-stk-200.sprintlink.net!news.utelfla.com!hobbes.crc.com!usenet From: Dan Benjamin <dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding DES after the fact Date: Tue, 11 Feb 1997 15:34:21 -0500 Organization: Coleman Research Corporation Lines: 24 Message-ID: <3300D7CD.66FA@mail.hqs.crc.com> References: <5dpuo6$fnk@pelican.unf.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: pelican.hqs.crc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35498 Cliff Addy wrote: > > I need to add DES support to a system that has been up for about a year. I've > had conflicting opinions on whether this will break current passwords, if all > executable must be recompiled, etc. Is there anyone who has actually *done* > this who can relate their experience? You do not need to recompile, but changing to DES will break all of your passwords. The easiest way would be to install DES from sysinstall - just do a custom install, choose DES, and away you go. You could alternatively install/compile the source yourself. Above all, make sure root password is set to nul before you make the change (provided noone can access the machine during that time - hence boot to single user first). You will probably need to set the user passwords to null before the change. -- Dan Benjamin dpb@crc.com