Subject: AFPPasswd Utility (Was: 1.99gb window limit)
From: Basil Hussain (basil.hussain@specialreserve.net)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 13:12:08 EDT
Hi,
> Not really out of the box, randnum requires plain text passwords on the
> server. It's basically a server side vs. client side configuration issue.
> I personally would rather not have plain text passwords on the server.
Well, it doesn't seem that they're stored on the server as plain text
anymore with 1.4.99, as you now use the supplied afppasswd utility to set
passwords - which it does by creating a file that is similar in style and
operation to /etc/passwd.
This is what my file shows (usernames obfuscated for security purposes):
# cat /etc/atalk/afppasswd
user1:6F6D656761000000:****************:********
user2:6661737463617200:****************:********
user3:7570776972650000:****************:********
user4:77696E646F770000:****************:********
user5:6F76657274696D65:****************:********
Not exactly plain text, is it?
While on the subject, maybe someone can explain what other authentication
methods afppasswd can set passwords for? The man page for it doesn't name
any, simply saying that it "allows the maintenance of afppasswd files
created by netatalk for use by some User Authentication Modules (UAMs)". I
gather this is what the other fields in the password file are for.
Regards,
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Basil Hussain (basil.hussain@specialreserve.net)
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