On 2004.02.27, John Shafto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Reading the docs, it says that one can either use the bin/nspasswd
> program or cut and paste an encrypted password from the system passwd
> file. Well, there is no bin/nspasswd program in any of the aolserver
> builds I have.
What docs are you reading? On the web? If so, please provide the URL.
I have a feeling you're looking at old (AOLserver 2.x) docs ...
> I find some references on the web to a ns_passwd module for encrypting
> passwords within the server, but nothing outside. When I copy from
> the system passwd file, the '$' characters in the md5 encrypted
> passwords there goof the nsperm module up, and it fails to load. I
> even tried to remove the $1$ md5 marker at the beginning, but '$'
> within the passwords still messed it up.
nsperm doesn't speak md5 hashed passwords, only unix crypt. If you need
to crypt a password, try this Perl script one-liner:
$ perl -le 'print crypt("password", "..");'
..UZoIyj/Hy/c
Replace "password" with the password you want to encrypt (up to 8
characters -- anything more gets truncated silently anyway). The output
from the script ("..UZoIyj/Hy/c") is the crypted password that you can
cut and paste into your passwd file.
> I suppose it wants DES or some other encryption type there,
> any clues/tips on what it wants, and how to get it quickly
> (without writing a program)?
Sorry, wrote a program. But, Perl is widespread enough that I'm
figuring it's not a problem.
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