Axalon Bloodstone wrote:
>
> I'd be changeing my passwords right now. kind defeats the purpose of
> shadow passwords if you sent it across a mailing list..
It'd take years to decrypt that MD5 hash back to a usable password.
That's sorta the point of using the MD5 over the normal crypting.
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Lambert, Stephen : CO IR wrote:
>
> > well, your are right about using shadow passwords! (default authentication
> > settings during install)
> >
> > /etc/shadow
> > root:$1$8H9lif10$fvhxrR2F45ZCabMfph7EA0:10854:0:99999:7:-1:-1:134537896
> > test:$1$owwnI1m0$boC2hy9UBooW0ib4Pph0i.:10855:1:99999:7:0::135223440
> >
> > what do I change user test to?
> >
> > Stephen.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 3:45 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] PASSWD
> >
> >
> > Richard Adams wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> > > > I added a user called "test"
> > > > with a password of "test"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > when I telnet into the server as user test, I can't change the password
> > (to
> > > > anything!!!)
> > > >
> > > > errors include:
> > > >
> > > > BAD PASSWORD: it is too short
> > > > BAD PASSWORD: it is based on a dictionary word
> > > > passwd: Authentication token manipulation error
> > > >
> > > Passwd's should be no longer the 8 letters no shorter than 5, no
> > > dictionary words, so a passwd like PeT9^G is a valid passwd, and once
> > > logged in there is no reason why that passwd could not be used
> > > without getting errors, on the otherhand use richard and that will
> > > produce all of the above.
> > >
> > > Looking at the passwd line below, the system operator did not set a
> > > passwd for "test" to start with, which is a bad thing.
> >
> > Not even true. That 'x' means one of two things:
> >
> > 1) The account is locked from login (no password has yet been set)
> >
> > 2) The sysadmin is using shadow passwords (in which case you need to
> > look at /etc/shadow to see if there's a password set).
> >
> > > >
> > > > /etc/passwd...
> > > > test:x:501:510::/home/test:/bin/bash
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I want the user to be able to logon and change their password to
> > anything
> > > > they desire!
> > > > What must I re-configure??? Help!
> > > > Thanks.
> > > --
> > > Regards Richard
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
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> --Axalon
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Steve Philp
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