From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 22 10:12: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dt051n37.san.rr.com (dt051n37.san.rr.com [204.210.32.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB41137B479; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:12:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from FreeBSD.org (Studded@master [10.0.0.2]) by dt051n37.san.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA64447; Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:12:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from DougB@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <3A1C0C72.22BCF791@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2000 10:12:02 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.12 i386) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kris Kennaway Cc: stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Hmm..passwords. References: <20001121135541.A14220@nevermind.kiev.ua> <20001121082750.A2922@citusc17.usc.edu> <20001121153249.C1910@dragon.nuxi.com> <20001121215318.A14339@citusc17.usc.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Kris Kennaway wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:32:49PM -0800, David O'Brien wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 08:27:50AM -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > No longer correct. You don't need to futz with libraries and symlinks > > > any more, > > > > Shouldn't we remove "NODESCRYPTLINKS" from /etc/defaults/make.conf and > > anywhere else it is still used? > > I think so. There's no operational downside to having a library which > can do DES and MD5 passwords any more, since it won't stubbornly > default to DES. Ok, maybe I'm the one who is missing something, but what if I *want* a crypt() that stubbornly defaults to DES? The current situation gives me that opportunity. If you remove NODESCRYPTLINKS please provide a suitable substitute, then leave it alone. This is something that's changed several times in -Stable as well as -Current, and it's getting to be a pita. Doug -- So what I want to know is, where does the RED brick road go? Do YOU Yahoo!? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message