On Jan 9, 2008 4:37 PM, John Summerfield <debian@(protected):
> Jeremy Sanders wrote:
> > Hi -
> >
> > Does anyone know how to change an existing NIS server from using DES-style
> > passwords to MD5 passwords? Is it possible to continue running with both
> > types of passwords, asking users to upgrade as they are ready?
> >
> > I've tried running
> >
> > authconfig --enablemd5
> >
> > on the server and client, but this didn't seem to help very much.
>
> It's years since I used NIS or changed passwords format, but I think it
> should just work. The two forms of password I used are distinguishable
> by eyeball, so mixing them was fine.
>
> What form do new passwords take?
>

If the clients and servers are RHEL then MD5 should work. If the
clients are other OS's.. it can depend. Solaris does not support MD5
in all of its releases etc. I guess we need more info on what Jeremy
means by doesnt work.



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