Password encryption

[Rick Stevens]

Matthew Galgoci wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Oct 2004, Waldher, Travis R wrote:
> 
>>Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:55:01 -0700
>>From: "Waldher, Travis R" <Travis.R.Waldher at boeing.com>
>>Reply-To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux
>>    <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>>To: Getting started with Red Hat Linux <redhat-install-list at redhat.com>
>>Subject: Password encryption
>>
>>So, does any one know how to convert a crypt password to a md5 password?
>>
>>I've got more than 500 accounts I'de like to convert the passwords on,
>>without user intervention.
>>
>>So far, google isn't giving me any good news.
> 
> 
> I don't think you can convert them since both are one way hashes. The best you can
> do is force a password change on your users.

Ah, Matt!  Nice to see you're still with us!

Matt's right, of course.  Unless you crack the DES passwords to
plaintext, you can't MD5 encrypt them.
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