Re: hashed passwords

From: Adam Price (adam+usenet_at_pappnase.co.uk)
Date: 02/17/05 

Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 17:03:53 +0000

On 16 Feb 2005 23:51:05 -0800, Johhny wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have noticed for the first time since starting to use Tru64 that the
> passwords are actually stored in the /etc/passwd file rather than say a
> /etc/shadow or other file.
>
> I have had a look over the system and found that there is a base and
> enhanced security mode. When I enabled enhanced security mode I was
> unable to login with SSH with either my user account or root account.
>
> What do I need to do to try and enable hashed passwords and where is
> some good documentation on the enhanced/vs/base mode security.
>
> Thanks
> J

Which ssh are you using and which version of Tru64? Could you login before?
Did you reboot after you changed security model?
On 5.1b ssh 'just works' with enhanced security.
On earlier version you needed to install an sshd which new about Tru64
security.
You could get such a client by compiling openssh with the correct options
or by downloading a kit from Compaq.
I don't know if the kits are avaiable for old versions these days, but
openssh is certainly still available and can be compiled.

As for the docs, I can see you have now found the security manual, so not
much more I can point you to.
Adam

Relevant Pages

  • Forced password change
    ... without installing enhanced security? ... enhanced security, I still couldn't make it work. ... Certified Tru64 v5 Systems Administrator ...
    (Tru64-UNIX-Managers)
  • Re: Encryption format of unix passwords
    ... With Enhanced Security enabled, just about anything since you can ... The encryption methods ... supplied with Enhanced Security are bigcrypt, crypt16, and crypt. ... You might also want to take a look at ssh, ...
    (comp.unix.tru64)
  • Re: Encryption format of unix passwords
    ... > supplied with Enhanced Security are bigcrypt, crypt16, and crypt. ... > You might also want to take a look at ssh, ...
    (comp.unix.tru64)