Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
On Jan 9, 2008 4:37 PM, John Summerfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jeremy Sanders wrote:
Hi -
Does anyone know how to change an existing NIS server from using DES-style
passwords to MD5 passwords? Is it possible to continue running with both
types of passwords, asking users to upgrade as they are ready?
I've tried running
authconfig --enablemd5
on the server and client, but this didn't seem to help very much.
It's years since I used NIS or changed passwords format, but I think it
should just work. The two forms of password I used are distinguishable
by eyeball, so mixing them was fine.
What form do new passwords take?
If the clients and servers are RHEL then MD5 should work. If the
clients are other OS's.. it can depend. Solaris does not support MD5
in all of its releases etc. I guess we need more info on what Jeremy
means by doesnt work.
If Solaris validates against RHEL, wouldn't the question be:
DOES USER user PASSWORD password authenticate?
user and password are as provided by the user, the server encrypts and
check against local storage.
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Cheers
John
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