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Subject: Re: Username and password limits
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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$