Subject: Re: AFPPasswd Utility (Was: 1.99gb window limit)
From: David R Bosso (dbosso@ltsc.ucsb.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 03 2000 - 13:29:45 EDT
--On Tuesday, October 3, 2000 6:12 PM +0100 Basil Hussain
<basil.hussain@specialreserve.net> wrote:
>
> 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?
Interesting... it was my understanding that the randnum uam needed plain
text. Have they acually been re-written to take advantage of the afppasswd
database?
That still leaves you with having to maintain a separate password database
for randnum, which is not required for DHX. I personally could go either
way on the default behavior, I'm just trying to point out some of the
differences.
-David
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