Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 16:16:55 -0400 From: Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Default password hash Message-ID: <CA%2BQLa9CNs_n35G2mNYDFWsjvhPJKKyBT9kjgN-evPX=Jr4Sk2Q@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4FD350EF.6080802@sentex.net> References: <86r4tqotjo.fsf@ds4.des.no> <4FD334BE.4020900@sentex.net> <fe8cae35d2bd014f8b81d264fa024ba4.squirrel@eternamente.info> <4FD350EF.6080802@sentex.net>
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On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote: > On 6/9/2012 9:19 AM, someone wrote: >> hi, >> >> what is needed to change from md5 to sha512 ? As all old passwd are md5, I imagine there is a >> sequence of steps not to lock me out of the box. is there any place that documents this ? > change the users passwd to something new, or just use the old passwd, > but re-enter it Bad idea. Never reuse an old password.
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