Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 10:00:59 -0400 From: "Cameron, Frank" <cameron@ctc.com> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: "'Dag-Erling Smorgrav'" <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Subject: RE: Long username/password Message-ID: <604CC98C4E6BD311AEF900A0C9EA54E1878ACD@ctcjst-mail1.ctc.com>
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Is it possible to change a user from DES to MD5 and/or make MD5 the default? (I recently noticed that my password on one of my FreeBSD boxes is restricted to eight characters. I wasn't sure what was going on; but, now I realize that I must have mistakenly installed DES on the box.) Thanks. Frank > -----Original Message----- > From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav [SMTP:des@flood.ping.uio.no] > Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 1:05 AM > To: Rashid N. Achilov > Cc: Kris Kennaway; freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Long username/password > > "Rashid N. Achilov" <shelton@sentry.granch.ru> writes: > > I think, DES isn't default crypt to passwords. > > DES *is* the default if the DES libraries are installed, unless the > user in question already has an MD5 password (in which case the system > will keep using MD5 every time he/she changes his/her password) > > DES (the committer, not the library) > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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