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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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