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[annathyst]

Addendum to previous entry: As NetBSD doesn't use the same password hashing algorithm as Linux did, I need people with accounts to somehow communicate new temporary passwords to me.
I can be found on irc.esper.net, irc.slashnet.org, and irc.debian.org, all under nick 'teferi'.

Comments

[zztzed]

I've telepathically contacted you with my desired temporary password.

Hrm. . .

[topher.livejournal.com]

What is the difference? Doesn't NetBSD use DES for the password hash?

Or, are you using md5 passwords on Linux?

Doesn't NetBSD support PAM now, too? Perhaps you can set up NetBSD/PAM to make use of md5 passwords?

Re: Hrm. . .

[annathyst]

Was using MD5 on Linux, heh.

Re: Hrm. . .

[topher.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. I do that, too.

I know NetBSD supports PAM. . . I've never gotten around to even trying to get md5 passwords working with it, though. I prolly should, since I hate having my NetBSD box sitting there with crusty DES passwords. . .

Re: Hrm. . .

[annathyst]

Probably not worth the effort. I backed up everyone's homedirs, just do some useradd and tar xvzf'ing.

Re: Hrm. . .

[topher.livejournal.com]

Your call.

I did just check, though, and PAM is under ~/pkgsrc/security, installing that and adding an argument to a config file might be all that's needed. ;-)