Re: [password][curruption] I have looked in FAQ from George at "May 21, 98 04:56:51 pm"

From: AxL (axl@MINDWARP.PLYMOUTH.EDU)
Date: 05/22/98


> On Thu, 21 May 1998, Mike Carpenter wrote:
>
> >I appreciate the input i have gotten, tried those things...but this has
> >been a common problem, any other possibilities?
>
> Nothing I have ever heard of that wasn't caused by FreeBSD.  You can try:
> Turn off FreeBSD MD5 password encryption, change to Linux or Windows 95, or
> avoid certain passwords.  :)

        I hacked in support for crypt() to work properly on my FreeBSD box,
(2.2.2), and it has all worked fine.  I'll come up with a guideline/help
file on how I did it (if I can backstep thru my processes again :) ), if
anyone would think it'd be useful.
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