[vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread David Erickson
Hi we are using vpopmail 5.4.6 with mysql for virtual domains. I was trying to look at the source for how the passwords are crypted, I'm new to this but it looked like they are encrypted (with salt) md5 hashes? I was wondering if there is anyway to convert them to a normal md5 digest for use in

Re: [vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread Ken Jones
David Erickson wrote: Hi we are using vpopmail 5.4.6 with mysql for virtual domains. I was trying to look at the source for how the passwords are crypted, I'm new to this but it looked like they are encrypted (with salt) md5 hashes? I was wondering if there is anyway to convert them to a

RE: [vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread David Erickson
So since it uses crypt, which isn't md5, there is no way for me to convert it to an md5. I guess the best thing to do then is just to store the pw's as plain text, then convert them to whatever I need to, to operate with my other systems? Or is there a patch to have vpopmail store them as md5's?

Re: [vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread Ken Jones
David Erickson wrote: So since it uses crypt, which isn't md5, there is no way for me to convert it to an md5. I guess the best thing to do then is just to store the pw's as plain text, then convert them to whatever I need to, to operate with my other systems? Or is there a patch to have

Re: [vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread Rick Macdougall
Ken Jones wrote: David Erickson wrote: So since it uses crypt, which isn't md5, there is no way for me to convert it to an md5. I guess the best thing to do then is just to store the pw's as plain text, then convert them to whatever I need to, to operate with my other systems? Or is there

Re: [vchkpw] Password format?

2005-08-18 Thread Tom Collins
On Aug 18, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Rick Macdougall wrote: Now the question that was originally asked I believe was if the MD5 encrypted passwords are compatible with an MD5 hash. My answer is I don't know :) A quick test would be to take an MD5 encrypted password from vpopmail, strip off the $1$