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Subject: Re: Converting password file to kerberos database
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Date: 14 Jun 90 00:52:09 GMT
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	    Hello, out there!

	    Does anyone have a utility to add all users from the password file
	 into the Kerberos database with the same password?  It should probably u
	se
	 kdb_util dump and kdb_util load.

	    Please mail any responses directly to nero@eng.umd.edu.  Thank you!

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	ng ball
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	mer Simpson

Sorry, it's not possible.  The Kerberos database stores the actual DES
key, whereas /etc/passwd uses an irreversible transform based on the
typed password; there's no way to recover the DES key or the password
itself from the stored information.