Re: Generating Passwords for Storing in thepasswd f ile

saad tawwab wrote:
> Hi!!
> My problem is that I need to manage the passwd file from within my Java 
> Web Application. Therefore smartCVS as a utility is of no help. What I 
> wanted to know whether there is a way of generating the passwords in the 
> form that they are stored in the passwd file. Currently I am using the 
> Keygen.exe provided with the CVSNT server to MANUALLY generate the 
> passwords and then add them to the passwd file for my application I need 
> to automate my process.
> 

that's the only way I know about.. try to look at sourceforge, there might be a project that does 
similar thing. I believe the keygen.exe proggie just emulates the Unix password generation, so once 
you have the sourcecode for the algorithm, you're fine. (I just checked tyhe Kar Fogel's book on 
Cvs. it's the algorithm that's used for the /etc/passwd passwords un unix machines...)

regards.

Milos


> 
> Saad Tawwab
> 
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>             *From:  Thomas Singer [SMTP:[email protected]]*
>             Sent:  Monday, July 08, 2002 11:41 AM
>             To:  [email protected]
>             Subject:  Re: [javacvs-dev] Generating Passwords for Storing
>             in thepasswd file****
> 
> 
>              >Thomas Singer has such a feature in smartcvs, I believe.
>             Is that correct,
>              >Thomas?
> 
>             Yes, you're right. SmartCVS Professional can manage the
>             pserver-repository's passwd-file.
> 
>             Tom
> 
> 
>             At 08:34 08.07.02 +0200, you wrote:
>              >saad tawwab wrote:
>              >>Hello!!
>              >>I am running my CVSNT server a PServer. In my application
>             I need to be
>              >>able to create users. In order to do this I have to store
>             the user names
>              >>with the *Encrypted* passwords in the passwd file in the
>             CVSROOT dir of
>              >>the CVSNT server. I wanted to know if there are any Java
>             Libraries/Java
>              >>Utilities/any classes in CVSLib that can be used to
>             generate passwords
>              >>that are to be stored in the passwd file.
>              >>
>              >>Regards,
>              >>Saad Tawwab
>              >
>              >
>              >no, the client library can you encrypt the password for
>             the .cvspass file.
>              >(which is actually no real encrytion, it just hides the
>             plain text.
>              >
>              >Thomas Singer has such a feature in smartcvs, I believe.
>             Is that correct,
>              >Thomas?
>              >
>              >Regards.
>              >
>              >Milos
>              >
>              >
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