--- src/support/dbmmanage~	Tue Oct 10 06:23:58 2000
+++ src/support/dbmmanage	Sun Dec  3 00:45:08 2000
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@
     } elsif (substr($chkpass, 0, 5) eq '{SHA}') {
         need_sha1_crypt;
         $crypt_method = "sha1";
-    } elsif (length($chkpass) == 13 && $chkpass ne $testpass) {
+    } elsif ((length($chkpass) == 13 && $chkpass ne $testpass) || ($chkpass =~ m/^\$[0-9]\$/)) {
         $crypt_method = "crypt";
     } else {
         $crypt_method = "plain";
