Password encryption

[Matthew Galgoci]

> >>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.

Yup, still lurking about.

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Matthew Galgoci
System Administrator and Sr. Manager of Ruminants
Red Hat, Inc
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