Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] DES, how to log in
From: Mike (dugan@libwais.sonoma.edu)
Date: Wed Sep 30 1998 - 19:55:35 EDT
Hello,
Yes, I use 2-way-scrambled, and all of my users are able to change their
passwords.
Do your users own the file ~/.passwd with chmod 600 ?
-M
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Cameron Hart wrote:
[chop]
> While on the subject of DES and randnum authentication. I have successfully
> compiled against libdes, and logged in using 2 way randnum authentication.
> However, I got the impression from auth.c in the afp code, and probably
> something I read somewhere, that I could change password when using 2-way
> randnum. I have yet to successfully do so. Has anyone managed to get this
> working?
>
> Cam.
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> Paul J. Schinder wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 30, 1998 at 09:13:52AM -0700, Paul Krohn wrote:
> > } with lots of generous help from people on this list, i've successfuly
> > } compiled & installed netatalk on a couple of test systems & am very close
> > } on my destination system.
> > }
> > } on my test system, when i try to log in using AppleShare 3.7.4, i get a
> > } dialog box that specifies clear text, scrambled, or two-way scrampled
> > } depending on whether i've specified
> > } -cleartxt, -randnum, or -rand2num. If either of the latter two are
> > } specified, my user/pass combo fails - 'your password is incorrect. please
> > } re-enter it'.
> > }
> > } what have i forgotten?
> >
> > randnum does not use /etc/passwd. Do you have your netatalk password
> > in cleartext in a file named .passwd in your home directory? (For
> > security's sake, it should, of course, *not* be the same as your
> > regular password.)
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