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When one of the users tried to change the password on Tru64 node, he got error as "different lengths for encrypted passwords". Does anyone know what causes this error?
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Ivan Ferreira
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Re: Password

Is that the exact error message? Are they changing with "passwd" command or with a custom program/script? I never saw that message.
Por que hacerlo dificil si es posible hacerlo facil? - Why do it the hard way, when you can do it the easy way?
Ann Majeske
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Re: Password

More questions:

What version?
What patch kit?

Is the system running Enhanced Security?

Is the user changing the password for his user account or some other password?
Kapil Jha
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Re: Password

Hi,
This msg is coming when u are changing passwd from that user or from root.
Check to change from root.
BR,
Kapil
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Pieter 't Hart
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Re: Password

tru64 can use a cleartext passwd file and an encrypted (hashed) passwd file.

the hashed passwd file can only be modified with the normal passwd tools
the cleartext passwd file can be edited by a privileged user (mostly root)

Maybe there is a mismatch between the cleartext passwdfile (/etc/passwd) and the hashed passwdfile.

check if /etc/passwd.dir and /etc/passwd.pag exists on your server to determine if the hashed passwd is used.

for further reference see "man mkpasswd"