From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 22 14:21:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (advanc2.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.119.73]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8255D37B479 for ; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 14:21:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from postoffice.aims.com.au (nts-ts1.aims.private [192.168.10.2]) by postoffice.aims.com.au with ESMTP id JAA95029 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:20:52 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from chris@aims.com.au) Received: from ntsts1 by aims.com.au with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.5.0.R) for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:21:15 +1100 Reply-To: From: "Chris Knight" To: Subject: RE: Hmm..passwords. Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 09:21:13 +1100 Message-ID: <002f01c054d2$86ec6ac0$020aa8c0@aims.private> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20001122123943.A13194@citusc17.usc.edu> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Importance: Normal X-Return-Path: chris@aims.com.au X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Howdy, > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kris Kennaway > Sent: Thursday, 23 November 2000 7:40 > To: Doug Barton > Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: Hmm..passwords. > > > On Wed, Nov 22, 2000 at 10:12:02AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote: > > > Ok, maybe I'm the one who is missing something, but > what if I *want* a > > crypt() that stubbornly defaults to DES? The current > situation gives me > > that opportunity. If you remove NODESCRYPTLINKS please provide a > > suitable substitute, then leave it alone. This is something that's > > changed several times in -Stable as well as -Current, and > it's getting > > to be a pita. > > 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. > Kris > Regards, Chris Knight Systems Administrator AIMS Independent Computer Professionals Tel: +61 3 6334 6664 Fax: +61 3 6331 7032 Mob: +61 419 528 795 Web: http://www.aims.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message