On Jul 20, Gerald C. Simmons wrote
> Why would a call to crypt for password authentication in an application,
> return matching results in NetBSD 1.2.1, and mismatching results in 1.3.2,
> even when the app is re-built under 1.3.2.
> 
> crypt(pwd)=XQxQcWeBlFZkg doesn't match XQtYIu1Gtv6fY
>                 ^                           ^
>                 |                           |
> returned from crypt for password given      |
>                                             |
> returned from crypt for user simmons -------/
> 
> Also, XQtYIu1Gtv6fY is what shows for simmons using vipw.
> 
> Again, this works under NetBSD-1.2.1
> 

Could'nt this be a difference between domestic and exportable versions of
crypt ? I guess if crypt would really be different between 1.2 and 1.3, there
would have been big problems with passwd files at upgrade time.

How long is you passwd ? did you try with a  different passwd ?


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