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Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 11:11:39 -0400
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From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: PASSWD.EXE and  Re: Possible to login as different user?
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Following Corinna's instructions below provides the answer you're looking
for but if you prefer it spelled out, put the password between the colons
after "www" in your example.

Larry Hall                              lhall AT rfk DOT com
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At 10:47 AM 8/7/2001, Ñãzã®78 wrote:
>Sorry if I'm novice but where do I actually insert the password in the eg.
>below? Which colons do I place them?
>
>www::500:544::/home/www:/bin/bash
>
>Thank you.
>
>Regards,
>Ñãzã®78 @ nazar AT ebizmalay DOT com
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Corinna Vinschen" <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
>Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 5:21 PM
>Subject: Re: PASSWD.EXE and Re: Possible to login as different user?
>
>
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:40:24AM -0700, Flynn, Connor J wrote:
> > > Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > > > Use /bin/crypt to create DES encrypted passwords and copy them into
> > > > your /etc/passwd for telnet or ftp.
> > >
> > > How exactly does one copy the encrypted passwords into /etc/passwd and
> > > get telnet/ftp/login to read them?  I tried several approaches:
> >
> > $ mkpasswd > /etc/passwd
> > crypt MySecretPassword
> > OISOq3HWAKtZs
> > $ vi /etc/passwd
> > f:aOISOq3HWAKtZs <ESC> ZZ
> >
> > Corinna
> >
> > --
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