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Date:      Tue, 25 Jan 2005 03:03:17 +0200
From:      Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Username and password limits
Message-ID:  <20050125010317.GA19233@gothmog.gr>
In-Reply-To: <1292665164.20050125015347@wanadoo.fr>
References:  <41F5882D.1090606@calarts.edu> <41F58EC5.9010702@mac.com> <1292665164.20050125015347@wanadoo.fr>

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On 2005-01-25 01:53, Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Chuck Swiger writes:
> CS> If you are using traditional DES encryption, 8 and 8. If you use the
> CS> fancy new MD5 hash, "_PASSWORD_LEN (currently 128 characters)".
>
> So which is the default?

The one set in /etc/login.conf:

% gothmog:/home/giorgos$ grep passwd /etc/login.conf
%         :passwd_format=md5:\
% #       :passwd_format=des:\
% gothmog:/home/giorgos$



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