Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] randnum
From: dannyman (djhoward@uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 01 1997 - 10:07:12 EST
On Mon, Dec 01, 1997 at 03:15:00PM +0100, Magnus Stenman wrote:
> Is there a specific reason why 2-way randnums canīt authenticate
> users against the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow files?
iirc, the docs say the two-way scheme relies on the server knowing the
password to be encrypted. in most unix implementations, /etc/passwd is
encrypted one-way, so the server _doesn't_ know the password to use it for
2-way randnums.
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