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Subject: misc/21908: passwd_format is not documented in login.conf(5)
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>Number:         21908
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       passwd_format is not documented in login.conf(5)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Oct 11 02:00:04 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joseph Stein
>Release:        4.1-20000927-STABLE
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD shasta.joescanner.com 4.1-20000927-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-20000927-STABLE #0: Fri Sep 29 20:15:28 PDT 2000     root@shasta.joescanner.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SHASTA  i386
>Description:
I was trying to troubleshoot still having (MD5?) entries in the
/etc/master.passwd file when my crypt libraries were supposedly the
DES versions (so I was expecting the standard 13 character crypt
style passwords).

After digging through the website, I found the "securing FreeBSD" section
of the handbook, that indicates that the 'passwd_format' field of 
/etc/login.conf determines the encryption algorithm in the password
file.

passwd_format is not mentioned in the online man-pages on my system
(I have not checked the WWW version at freebsd.org).
>How-To-Repeat:
Install a base system from floppies
>Fix:
add passwd_format=des to /etc/login.conf

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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