SV: how to set crypted password in 'users' file?

[Phil Mayers]

Torkel Mathisen wrote:
>> "Min Qiu" <mqiu at globalinternetworking.com> wrote:
>>> However, cut and past the crypted password from /etc/shadow to 
>>> the entry failed:
>>>
>>>   mqiu    Auth-Type := Local, User-Password ==
> "$1$CWOjXm2v$dzjrc385t1iQXMN0"
>>   UseL Crypt-Password := "$1$CWOjXm...
> 
> 
> I'm using PEAP/MS-CHAPv2 for authentication. In the users file I only
> got the login name and a clear-text password. 
> 
> I really want to start using Crypt-Password, but didn't quite get that
> to work.
> 


You cannot use the unix crypt password value for the MS-CHAP algorithm. 
The MS-CHAP module requires either the MD4-based NT password hash,  the 
plaintext password from which it can derive the NT has, or callout to 
Samba & domain membership.