Openssh and Slackware 7.1

[Hank Leininger]

On 2000-12-27, anubis <anubis at slackwarez.org> wrote:


> password authentication fails even tho i used LIBS=-lcrypt option

> Any help will be appreciated

Dollars to donuts you didn't pass configure the --with-md5-passwords
option.  Slackware 7.x uses md5-hash based passwords instead of crypt, a
hash based on DES.  Rerun configure with --with-md5-passwords and rebuild/
reinstall and it should work.

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Hank Leininger <hlein at progressive-comp.com>