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Date:      Tue, 21 Nov 2000 18:12:57 -0800
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        "Chad R. Larson" <chad@DCFinc.com>
Cc:        sean@stat.Duke.EDU, kris@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Hmm..passwords.
Message-ID:  <20001121181257.A10816@citusc17.usc.edu>
In-Reply-To: <200011211854.LAA10421@freeway.dcfinc.com>; from chad@DCFinc.com on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 11:54:49AM -0700
References:  <20001121114933.D27266@stat.Duke.EDU> <200011211854.LAA10421@freeway.dcfinc.com>

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On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 11:54:49AM -0700, Chad R. Larson wrote:
> As I recall, Sean O'Connell wrote:
> > : No longer correct. You don't need to futz with libraries and symlinks
> > : any more, only change the value of the passwd_format login capability
> > : in /etc/login.conf. The default is MD5 passwords for new accounts.
>=20
> And to clarify the question asked earlier, can the passwd_format
> keyword live outside the default stanza?  In other words, can we
> support mixed password formats?

Yes, it's just like any other login class. Whichever class a user is
in, if that class has a passwd_format capability that is the type of
password they will get, otherwise they'll get whatever is set in the
default class, or "md5" if nothing at all is set.

Kris

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