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From: Manas Bhatt <bhatt_manas@yahoo.com>
Subject: passwd_format missing
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while going through the freebsd handbook, i found that
one can set which type of encryption to use for new
passwords by editing passwd_format variable in
/etc/login.conf file.
My question there is no passwd_format variable in my
machine but it uses md5 to encrypt the new passwords
(saw $ in the master.passwd file) but the libraries
used are des. So without passwd_format variable, how
is this happening?? Am i missing something which i
should have known before asking this question
thanks
manas

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