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Re: PASSWD.EXE and Re: Possible to login as different user?
- To: "'cygwin at cygwin dot com'" <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Subject: Re: PASSWD.EXE and Re: Possible to login as different user?
- From: Corinna Vinschen <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 11:21:26 +0200
- References: <29E6E93D92576F4DB85FE89FF2C23F44A837E9@pnlmse03.pnl.gov>
On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:40:24AM -0700, Flynn, Connor J wrote:
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > Use /bin/crypt to create DES encrypted passwords and copy them into
> > your /etc/passwd for telnet or ftp.
>
> How exactly does one copy the encrypted passwords into /etc/passwd and
> get telnet/ftp/login to read them? I tried several approaches:
$ mkpasswd > /etc/passwd
crypt MySecretPassword
OISOq3HWAKtZs
$ vi /etc/passwd
f:aOISOq3HWAKtZs <ESC> ZZ
Corinna
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