12 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-questionsRe: renaming of usernames and homedir...| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Jason C. Wells | May 13, 1998 10:16 am | |
| Heinrich Langos | May 13, 1998 12:52 pm | |
| BEAUPRE Antoine | May 13, 1998 1:38 pm | |
| CyberPeasant | May 13, 1998 3:00 pm | |
| Dima Dorfman | May 13, 1998 6:10 pm | |
| CyberPeasant | May 13, 1998 6:28 pm | |
| Greg Lehey | May 13, 1998 6:54 pm | |
| Dima Dorfman | May 13, 1998 7:08 pm | |
| CyberPeasant | May 14, 1998 12:31 am | |
| Bryan K. Ogawa | May 14, 1998 4:04 am | |
| Scott Mitchell | May 14, 1998 5:20 am | |
| Doug White | May 15, 1998 4:43 pm |
| Subject: | Re: renaming of usernames and homedirectories | |
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| From: | Jason C. Wells (jcwe...@u.washington.edu) | |
| Date: | May 13, 1998 10:16:06 am | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-questions | |
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Heinrich Langos wrote:
how do I rename a user in FreeBSD 2.2.5 on linux i just go and change his name in /etc/passwd and maybe even in /etc/shadowpasswd and thats it.
Use 'vipw' to maintain the passwd databases and their shadows simultaneously.
but in Freebsd the name is also saved in that non-human-readable database files. :-( is there any use in that except for security by obscurity? (which history has shown doesn't work anyway) and how do i get around it ?
Yes there is use in using shadow passwd databases. Are you saying that cracking DES is trivial? (Not a dictionary attack on user passwords, but the cipher itself.)
To get around it just don't even install DES or the like to begin with. I don't recommend it. Security is a puzzle. You don't want to give away any pieces if you can help it.
Keeping passwords in the clear certainly is not recommended.
another problem is that i can't change a users home directory. if i change it to something different and log in i'm sent to "/". changing the password of that user overwrites my changes that i made to /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd and replaces the home directory entry with the old one.
Again 'vipw' To change a password use the 'passwd' command.
last but not least ... is there a way to search the old digests of the
You can search the archives. The link is under documentation at www.freebsd.org.
Thank you, | Try some of this. It will show you where you're at. Jason Wells | http://www.freebsd.org/
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