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Re: Encryption for gnatsd.user_access file
From: |
Milan Zamazal |
Subject: |
Re: Encryption for gnatsd.user_access file |
Date: |
Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:52:16 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
>>>>> "BW" == Brad Wyman <address@hidden> writes:
BW> I'm following the manual in that I type:
BW> perl -e 'use Crypt::PasswdMD5 ; print
BW> Crypt::PasswdMD5::unix_md5_crypt "abc123" , time() % 100000000'
BW> It returns a string which I then add to the gnatsd.user_access
BW> file such as:
BW> brad:$1$THESTRINGHERE:edit
BW> This however does not work as I am denied access. If I use:
BW> brad:$0$abc123:edit
BW> everything works.
BW> I couple of specific things baffle me: 1) every time I run the
BW> perl script I get a different string.
This because you use a different seed each time, based on the current
time.
BW> 2) The example in the manual shows an entry of the format:
BW> rickm:$1$92388623$D7ZIYikzTUqd./d0DTFrI.:edit
BW> What is the numerical string between the two "$"?
BW> i.e. $92388623$
It should be the salt.
BW> Do I need to specify a particular seed to associate with my MD5
BW> password?
No, you can use any seed.
I believe (haven't checked) the following is correct, if such a password
doesn't work and your operating system supports MD5 encryption, it might
be a GNATS bug.
$ python -c 'import crypt; print crypt.crypt("abc123","$1$somesalt")'
$1$somesalt$cQgXrA5ywA0FFcScneVRH1
Regards,
Milan Zamazal
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