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Re: Crypt passwords on RedHat 7.2



On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 10:15:30 -0500, Martha H Greenberg <marthag@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> 
> > Due to legacy reasons, I need a freshly installed RedHat 7.2 to honor 
> > passwd entries that have crypt passwords (i.e. - their hash is 11 
> > characters long). I had no problems with RedHat 7.1. I cannot tell for 
> > sure whether I did anything different (anyone has any suggestions as for 
> > a simple way to check that out?).
> > 
> > I did not find any difference in the pam.d settings between the systems. 
> > I have ran out of ideas what to test further, or where to look.
> > 
> >             Shachar
> > 
> 
> Take all occurances of the word "md5" out of /etc/pam.d/system-auth.

Didn't you read the comment on top of /etc/pam.d/system-auth ?
    #%PAM-1.0
    # This file is auto-generated.
    # User changes will be destroyed the next time authconfig is run.
                                                   ==========
Run authconfig (from root) and unmark md5/kerberos.

Ehud.


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