More on the crypt:

From "readme.win32"

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If you have either the source or a library that contains des_fcrypt(), enable the appropriate option in the makefile. des_fcrypt() is not bundled with the distribution due to US Government restrictions on the export of cryptographic software. Nevertheless, this routine is part of the ``libdes'' library (written by Eric Young) which is widely available worldwide, usually along with SSLeay (for example: ``ftp://fractal.mta.ca/pub/crypto/SSLeay/DES/''). Set CRYPT_SRC to the name of the file that implements des_fcrypt(). Alternatively, if you have built a library that contains des_fcrypt(), you can set CRYPT_LIB to point to the library name. The location above contains many versions of the ``libdes'' library, all with slightly different implementations of des_fcrypt(). Older versions have a single, self-contained file (fcrypt.c) that implements crypt(), so they may be easier to use. A patch against the fcrypt.c found in libdes-3.06 is in des_fcrypt.patch.

Perl will also build without des_fcrypt(), but the crypt() builtin will fail at run time.

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So, if recompiling your perl is an option, here's another solution. Not that this all makes sense to me....

~Hammy

In reply to Re: Re: Crypted password under Win32 by HamNRye
in thread Crypted password under Win32 by sthuler

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