Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1999 10:37:10 -0400 (EDT) From: "Mr. K." <bsd@a.servers.aozilla.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: "Cameron, Frank" <cameron@ctc.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long username/password Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910061036250.13534-100000@inbox.org> In-Reply-To: <xzpaepw7ns4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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if you set the passwords to expire on the next login, will this accomplish switching from DES to MD5, or will the old format be kept? On 6 Oct 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > "Cameron, Frank" <cameron@ctc.com> writes: > > Is it possible to change a user from DES to MD5 and/or make MD5 the > > default? > > Respectively, no and yes. You can make MD5 the default by switching > over the /usr/lib/libcrypt* symlinks to point to libscrypt instead of > libdescrypt. > > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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