From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Nov 10 9:30: 6 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C6A8537B41E for ; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 09:30:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.4/8.11.4) id fAAHU1122614; Sat, 10 Nov 2001 09:30:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 09:30:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200111101730.fAAHU1122614@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Tom Hukins Subject: Re: docs/31899: Markup changes for chapter Security Reply-To: Tom Hukins Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/31899; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Hukins To: Martin Heinen Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/31899: Markup changes for chapter Security Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2001 17:27:14 +0000 On Sat, Nov 10, 2001 at 03:19:43PM +0100, Martin Heinen wrote: > If you have installed the DES-capable crypt library > - libdescrypt (e.g. by installing the > - "crypto" distribution), then which password format will be used > - for new passwords is controlled by the > - passwd_format login capability in > - /etc/login.conf, which takes values of > - either des or md5. See the > - &man.login.conf.5; manual page for more information about login > - capabilities. Rather than fixing this by modifying the quotes, shouldn't this be totally updated? We don't have a "crypto" distribution any more, so we should specify what happens by default and explain how to change it. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message