On Wed, 2008-11-12 at 16:52 +0100, Paul J Stevens wrote:
>
> >>> I have imported users from an old vpopmail installation and all
> the
> >>> passwords
> >>> begin with "$1$...".
> >>> If I try
> >>> select md5("password")
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >> That means that the passwords are in CRYPT format.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > No, crypt passwords don't begin with "$", just tried...
>
> You are wrong, Jorge is correct.
Well, they're probably both right - crypt() can handle both formats
(md5 hash and DES hash) as long as your (g)libc supports it. But
md5("something") gives you an md5 digest value, which dbmail can use,
but is not what Giulio is needing.
> md5 passwords that begin with $1$ are
> indeed crypt. The format is:
>
> "$1$<salt>$<encoded>"
>
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Jesse Norell
Kentec Communications, Inc.
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