Re: [META:64] Error in last request..

[James Cameron <cameron@stl.dec.com>]

jpm wrote:
> I've been having trouble getting my server to function properly off of
> FreeBSD. The passwords for players are not being saved correctly.

Someone found the other day a problem with the seed to the crypt() call
used to store the passwords.  Does anybody remember the fix off-hand,
and whether we should apply a permanent fix to the code base for the
next release?  Is there an incompatibility problem?

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