Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 19:04:00 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Anders Andersson <anders@sanyusan.se>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: crypt algorithms (was Re: DES from source?) Message-ID: <19990403190359.B12711@futuresouth.com> In-Reply-To: <xzplng9oh01.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>; from Dag-Erling Smorgrav on Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 05:34:06PM %2B0200 References: <19990403122221.A12230@sanyusan.se> <xzplng9oh01.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On Sat, Apr 03, 1999 at 05:34:06PM +0200, a little birdie told me
that Dag-Erling Smorgrav remarked
>
> > Do I need to change all passwd with 'passwd {user}' to use DES passwd crypt?
>
> Existing MD5 passwords will still work. New users will get DES
> passwords.
Did we ever hash out a mechanism to do this the other way (or integrate
new algorithms) and set 'try' vs. 'use' algorithms? I'm unclear as to
whether PAM is supposed to/capable of addressing this.
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