Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 14:27:06 -0700 (PDT) From: Kris Kennaway <kris@hub.freebsd.org> To: Jon Parise <jcptch@osfmail.isc.rit.edu> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long username/password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910051426130.82242-100000@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <19991005103919.A17991@osfmail.isc.rit.edu>
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On Tue, 5 Oct 1999, Jon Parise wrote: > > 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) > > If the DES libraries are already installed on a system, is there a > way to still use MD5 passwords by default? No. Unless you make a trivial change to passwd(1). Adding a command-line switch to do this would probably be a welcome feature. Kris To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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