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Date:      Thu, 23 Nov 2000 12:22:44 +0600 (NS)
From:      Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
To:        Chris Knight <chris@aims.com.au>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   RE: Hmm..passwords.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011231221220.87577-100000@iclub.nsu.ru>
In-Reply-To: <002f01c054d2$86ec6ac0$020aa8c0@aims.private>

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hi, there!

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Chris Knight wrote:

> > NODESCRYPTLINKS was always intended as a temporary workaround. The
> > solution is to use passwd_format=des in your default login class.
> >
> It's a solution for login. It's not a solution for any application that
> dynamically links to libcrypt, and then expects the hash algorithm to remain
> the same - which is a fair assumption to make. I'm exceptionally happy with
> NODESCRYPTLINKS, so my opinion is to leave it alone.

from this point of view default format should always be 'des' with
passwd_format=md5 in /etc/login.conf
(most applications expect crypt to be des-crypt)

/fjoe



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