Re: Trouble using encrypted passwords

[Pankaj K Garg]

David S Gathright wrote:

> Hi, all.
>
> I'm using a vanilla GNATS 4.0 installation on a Solaris 5.9 box.  For
> some reason, MD5 encryption isn't working for me, so I'm trying standard
> UNIX crypt() encryption.  I'm rather perplexed at the statement in
> Appendix C of the gnats documentation, which states that "crypt()
> passwords can be generated by using standard UNIX passwords tools". 
> What tools are these (and do you have any examples of how I can use
> them)?

Did you try generating the passwords using the 'passwd' command and then 
cuting and pasting from /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow?

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