On Thu, 18 Sep 1997, Lindsay Allen wrote: > > On 16 Sep 1997, Torsten Hilbrich wrote: > > > I just detected the MD5_CRYPT_ENAB option in /etc/login.defs and > > enabled it. Login works fine with the new passwords but su seems to > > have no idea of MD5. > > > > Is there a working version of su for MD5 passwords? > > > > I have the following packages installed: > > > > shellutils_1.16-2 (containing su) > > login_961025-2 > > passwd_961025-2 > > This may not help you, but it is fixed in shellutils_1.16-5.deb, which is > linked against libc6. > Alll programs linked against libc6 should work with MD5 passwords, but unfortunatelly so far wu-ftp, ftpd, qpopper,and lots of other packages arent ported to libc6 yet.... Btw the reason for this (libc6 progs work with md5) it hat libcrypt in libc6 supports md5_crypt transparently within crypt() ... login and passwd had their own version of md5_crypt so they work with libc5 too...
Greg -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
