From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 3:42:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AEE737B7A2 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 03:42:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12cQmw-000MjX-00; Tue, 04 Apr 2000 12:42:26 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Bhishan Hemrajani Cc: rjk191@psu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: only 8 chars of password needed to login In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:52:51 MST." <200004040552.e345qpr01384@cytosine.dhs.org> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 12:42:26 +0200 Message-ID: <87390.954844946@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:52:51 MST, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > Is there any way to make it use md5 passwords as the default? Yes there is, but this is an FAQ and there's a ton of information on this in the freebsd-questions archives. :-) Before you go hunting, consider that you'll have to arrange for your users to change their passwords. And again, consider the practical impact of using 8 character passwords, as I mentioned in my first reply to your original post. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message