[rhn-users] Passwords generated on SUSE don't work on RedHat

[Rigoberto Corujo]

Hello,

If I copy the encrypted password from "/etc/shadow" on
the SUSE box and paste it to "/etc/shadow" on the Red
Hat box, then I can't log into the Red Hat box. 
However, if I copy an encrypted password from
"/etc/shadow" on the Red Hat box and paste it into
"/etc/shadow" on the SUSE box, I can log into the SUSE
box just fine.  I've noticed that encrypted password
on SUSE is twice as long as the encrypted password on
Red Hat.

This all has to do with a problem I'm tracking when
the NIS master is on SUSE and the NIS slave is on Red
Hat.

What is the difference in the way that SUSE encrypts
passwords versus the way Red Hat encrypts passwords
and why does a Red Hat encrypted password work on
SUSE, but a SUSE encrypted password doesn't on Red
Hat?  Any idea on how I can begin to troubleshoot
this?

Thank you.

Rigoberto



 
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