Question about crypt not implemented

crash22 has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: Question about crypt not implemented by zejames (Hermit) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:04 UTC
I guess you are running an quite old version of perl (probably ActivePerl on Windows) and it happens that the crypt function is not implemented due to crypto laws. Have a look here for more explaination. -- zejames	[reply]
Re: Question about crypt not implemented by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:07 UTC
From perldiag: The crypt() function is unimplemented due to excessive paranoia (F) Configure couldn't find the crypt() function on your machine, probably because your vendor didn't supply it, probably because they think the U.S. Government thinks it's a secret, or at least that they will continue to pretend that it is. And if you quote me on that, I will deny it. WHat version of Perl are you using on what OS? /J\	[reply]
Re^2: Question about crypt not implemented by crash22 (Acolyte) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:26 UTC
It looks like it's time to update Perl. Thanks for the help.	[reply]
Re^2: Question about crypt not implemented by crash22 (Acolyte) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:10 UTC
I'm running Perl 5.00503 on a Windows 2000 Server.	[reply]
Re: Question about crypt not implemented by borisz (Canon) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:15 UTC
There are several modules on CPAN that implement crypt. Try them: search.cpan.org. Crypt::UnixCrypt_XS Or in PurePerl: Crypt::UnixCrypt Boris	[reply]
Re: Question about crypt not implemented by shenme (Priest) on Sep 07, 2004 at 15:08 UTC
Try "perl -v" and see what version of Perl you have. I bet it is 5.005_03 or before. It has been awhile since versions of Perl from ActiveState have had that message. The answer is you need to upgrade to a more recent Perl, or give up on using crypt().	[reply]