Migrate passwords from shadow to mysql

[Ken Murchison]

Shelley Waltz wrote:

> Will "autotransition" transition existing md5 crypt passwords
> into the sql database as md5 crypt passwords using the
> checkpw patch described in this archive?


No, autotransition only works with plaintext passwords.


> 
> 
> On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Ken Murchison wrote:
> 
>    Ted Cabeen wrote:
>    > Ken Murchison <ken at oceana.com> writes:
>    > 
>    > 
>    >>Shelley Waltz wrote:
>    >>
>    >>
>    >>>I am installing a new postfix-cyrus mail server.
>    >>>I currently have cyrus-imap 1.6.24 authing PLAIN
>    >>>from /etc/shadow.
>    >>>I wish to migrate the passwords(md5) from the shadow file to
>    >>>a mysql database and use this to auth PLAIN using TLS.
>    >>>Is there a script available to do so - to migrate the users
>    >>>from the shadow file and create the records for mysql authentication?
>    >>>I did search, but found nothing.
>    >>
>    >>First, I'd strongly suggest that you upgrade to a recent version of
>    >>Cyrus, either 2.1.16 or 2.2.3.  To do this, you'll need a recent
>    >>version of SASL (I'd suggest 2.1.17).  Then, you just configure
>    >>Cyrus/SASL to authentication plaintext from /etc/shadow and have it
>    >>autotransition passwords into the SQL auxprop plugin.
>    > 
>    > 
>    > That works?  Cool!  
>    > 
>    > Will that store plaintext passwords in the SQL database, or will it
>    > store them encrypted?
>    
>    The current plugin will store them as plaintext.  There are patches out 
>    there which I believe will store them encrypted.
>    
>    
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