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Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 17:59:16 -0800
From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG>
To: Ceri <setantae@submonkey.net>
Cc: Gerardo Amaya <gerardo@delaluz.net>,
	Grant Innes <grant.innes@mirror-image.com>,
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Subject: Re: encryption and master.passwd
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On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 05:03:31PM +0000, Ceri wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 17, 2001 at 10:46:38AM -0600, Gerardo Amaya wrote:
> > You have to check your libcrypt  try this
> >=20
> > ls -l /usr/lib/libcrypt*
> >=20
> > If the symbolic links point to libdescrypt*, you=19re using DES, if it =
points
> > to libmd5crypt*, you=19re
> > using MD5.
> >=20
> > I read that the symbolic link is pointing to libdescrypt* you're useing=
 DES
> > if it points to libmd5crypt* you have MD5
>=20
> And if they don't point to either of those ? ;^)

The symlinks disappeared over a release ago. Pull up login.conf(5) and
look for "passwd_format" to see how to change it. Others already
mentioned how to tell the hash scheme by looking at the hash string in
master.passwd.
--=20
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."

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                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
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