Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 02:07:11 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net> Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hmm..passwords. Message-ID: <20001122020711.B4078@citusc17.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011211200380.31499-100000@awww.jeah.net>; from chris@jeah.net on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:01:27PM -0600 References: <20001121082750.A2922@citusc17.usc.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011211200380.31499-100000@awww.jeah.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 12:01:27PM -0600, Chris Byrnes 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. > > Hrm -- I find it odd that half of my passwords were changed to MD5 and > half were left DES in the upgrade, then. Any reason for this? They literally could not have been changed in the upgrade - it is impossible to convert a password hash from one format to another. Perhaps the account passwords expired or something, and those accounts got new passwords. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjobms4ACgkQWry0BWjoQKVznQCcDfLU1gjmqRMVuM7SMLnEuOeX I4cAoIZISTMH7SjrX0fDULEgGSb7DBRD =EXJE -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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