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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>
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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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