From owner-freebsd-security Mon Apr 20 11:08:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26748 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 11:08:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gratis.grondar.za (gratis.grondar.za [196.7.18.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA26131 for ; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 18:04:38 GMT (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from greenpeace.grondar.za (greenpeace.grondar.za [196.7.18.132]) by gratis.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01971; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:04:19 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Received: from grondar.za (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greenpeace.grondar.za (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA12042; Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:04:18 +0200 (SAST) (envelope-from mark@grondar.za) Message-Id: <199804201804.UAA12042@greenpeace.grondar.za> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Ollivier Robert cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using MD5 insted of DES for passwd ecnryption Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 20 Apr 1998 20:04:17 +0200 From: Mark Murray Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk 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