Re: [courier-users] mysql md5 authentication

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Raphael Fuchs writes:

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>>On Aug 2, 2005, at 6:07 AM, Raphael Fuchs wrote:
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>>> Aug 2 14:52:04 blackout authdaemond: supplied password 'blabla'
>>> does not
>>> match encrypted password 'df5ea29924d39c3be8785734f13169c6'
>>>
>>> Why does the password not match?!
>>
>>Your md5 hashes probably need to start with the characters '$1$'
>
> I tried both $1$ (as you told me) and {MD5} at the beginning of the md5 hashes.
> Still the same problem, password doesnt match...

{MD5} uses base64-encoded hashes. Your MD5 hash is hexadecimal-encoded.

Use the authpasswd command to generate md5 hashes.

> by the way, could anybody tell me the difference between $1$ and {MD5}?

$1$ uses a convoluted hashing function. The hashing function uses an MD5
checksum, but it's not a straightforward MD5 hash. {MD5} is a
base64-encoded MD5 hash.



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