[Dovecot] MD5-CRYPT passwords in a MySQL Database

[Benjamin Dabelow]

Hi David,

David Mills schrieb:
> I'm currently migrating from a /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow based
> configuration to a MySQL based one using dovecot 99.14 on debian sarge.
> 
> The problem is that the /etc/shadow containes both DES encoded (Crypt)
> and md5 based passwords. I've set the default system to be Crypt, and
> have added {MD5-CRYPT} in front of the md5 passwords in place of the $1$
> header found in /etc/shadow. But I can only log in on accounts that have
> DES based passwords.
> 
> I've included my dovecot configuration, and below are 2 examples of
> encoded password, one crypt and one MD5:
> XalGYN3cy1crA                            
> {MD5-CRYPT}RL$Bvv.TF2XJkyVI6JOUO8tx/

I think you should leave the $1$ header in place and handle them like
any crypt password. The crypt format will be automaticaly detected. (At
least this ist works for LDAP.)

Regards

	Benjamin
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