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Date:      Fri, 18 Jun 1999 17:01:42 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        matt <matt@AIC-GW.MLINK.NET>
Cc:        FreeBSD-QUESTIONS <questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: crypts..
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906181700470.34137-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9906151810120.16029-100000@aic-gw.mlink.net>

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On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, matt wrote:

> 
> How can I change crypt and password and adduser from using DES back to
> using MD5? For some reason, they switched over to DES when I installed
> 3.2 from 3.1, I personally prefere MD5.... Thanks in advance.

If you install the DES libraries, they will start spitting out DES keys.
To switch them back you have to take the DES libs back off, and that can
get delicate.  

(I think passwd on -CURRENT actually preserves the crypt type.)

Doug White                               
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
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