Re: [Bug-gnu-radius] patchinfo: 2165 Extra Auth-Type "Crypt-Unix" for unix crypt() password check

[Maurice Makaay]

Hi Sergey,

> > 2165 Extra Auth-Type "Crypt-Unix" for unix crypt() password check
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > We always have used our unix crypted password files for authentication
> > and do not have the clear text passwords of our users out of security
> > precautions. Therefore we could not use gnu-radius out-of-the-box,
> > which uses MD5 for encrypting user passwords. With this patch it
> 
> I guess that's some misunderstanding. Auth-Type=Crypt-Local works
> for DES as well as for MD5.

Maybe I was confused by the call to md5crypt() in the source (so this
is probably simply my punishment for reading the source instead of the
documentation :-). This patch can be ignored, you are completely right.

With kind regards,

-- Maurice Makaay