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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!141.211.144.12!cloudbreak.rs.itd.umich.edu!newsxfer3.itd.umich.edu!howland.erols.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux9.cso.uiuc.edu!not-for-mail From: igor@students.uiuc.edu (igor vladimirovich roshchin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding DES after the fact Date: 12 Feb 1997 09:03:34 GMT Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 43 Message-ID: <5ds116$1v2@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> References: <5dpuo6$fnk@pelican.unf.edu> <3300D7CD.66FA@mail.hqs.crc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ux9.cso.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35534 Dan Benjamin (dpb@mail.hqs.crc.com) wrote: : 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 Ummm... Are you sure that it will break passwords ? The other way around would do so... BTW, it seems to me, that all what is necessary, is just install three libraries, and change links to them...: lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 13 Feb 6 03:14 libcrypt.a@ -> libdescrypt.a lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 18 Feb 6 03:14 libcrypt.so.2.0@ -> libdescrypt. so.2.0 lrwxr-xr-x 1 bin bin 15 Feb 6 03:14 libcrypt_p.a@ -> libdescrypt_p.a (in /usr/lib) IgoR aka StR