Hello Jean, On Monday, May 24, 2004 at 8:25:42 PM you wrote (at least in part):
>> I assume your installation does not use MD5 routines in 'crypt()' >> function, [...] > Very interesting. > It seems that the problem occured only with the migrated domains > from other servers (the "museum" ones). Accounts created in the new > server, or accounts which had its password changed in the new server > does not have this problem. Would make sense. > Thanks a lot, Peter! You're welcome. > Is it possible to convert all "old" passwords from the old format > (MD5-disabled crypt()) to the new format? If you have plain passwords enabled: yes. Should be sufficient to delete the encrypted passwords from vpasswd (empty the second field) with 'awk') and let the users log in again. Authentication will/should succeed, because the clear password is still there and encrypted password will be set, as vchkpw recognizes it is empty. This is from the top of my head, I haven't tested recently or with one of the latest releases, so you're advised to test yourself with a non-important account before applying the change globally. Don't forget to run 'vmkpasswd $DOMAIN' after you modified the 'vpasswd' file(s) and before you try to login (e.g. via POP3). -- Best regards Peter Palmreuther If the probability of success is not almost one, then it is damn near zero.
