[TriLUG] MD5 password problem in SuSE

[Jeff Bollinger]

Running SuSE (7.1?) on a Sparc64 I went to the KDE control panel and the 
Security Settings module (all as root) and checked the "active MD5 
encryption for passwords".  I had a user change her password, and now 
she cannot log in via SSH.

When I look at /etc/shadow I can tell her new password has MD5 because 
the encrypted password is MUCH longer than the other user passwords (who 
have not changed their passwords since I enabled MD5 encryption.)

Any ideas how I can keep MD5 encryption on all the passwords in 
/etc/shadow, but still access the system via SSH?

Jeff
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Jeff Bollinger
University of North Carolina
IT Security Analyst
105 Abernethy Hall
mailto: jeff_bollinger at unc dot edu

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