Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:04:17 +0200
From:      Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
To:        Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Using MD5 insted of DES for passwd ecnryption 
Message-ID:  <199804201804.UAA12042@greenpeace.grondar.za>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Ollivier Robert wrote:
> According to Jordan K. Hubbard:
> > I've often wondered that myself and I'll be interested to hear the
> > answer. :)  I suspect the answer is, however, "you can't do that"
> > and that we need some sort of /etc/passwd.conf (ducks :-).
> 
> Why not (ab)using /etc/login.conf for that ? Or something akin to the
> /etc/default/* scheme SysV use ? Or an LDAP entry [ducks too]

Until Brandon Gillespie stood up and claimed this project, I had a plan 
to use /etc/passwd.conf. login.conf looks _much_ better. Where is BG?
Methinks I'd better revive some ideas here.

M
--
Mark Murray
Join the anti-SPAM movement: http://www.cauce.org



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



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199804201804.UAA12042>