Encrypting a password

From: <Rick_Stephenson_at_ovid.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 10:37:41 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0035781B.20010727105121@fatcity.com>

How can I encrypt a password in Oracle that I could use to compare with an encrypted password in /etc/passwd on a Sun Unix box? I am on Solaris 2.8 running Oracle 8.1.7.

I have read about encrypting and decrypting using the dbms_obfuscation package, but this does not seem to get me what I am looking for.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Rick Stephenson

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