Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1996 23:24:37 -0800 (PST) From: invalid opcode <coredump@nervosa.com> To: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com> Cc: Adam David <adam@veda.is>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.ZA>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Dual-personality crypt Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960228231554.23102A-100000@nervosa.com> In-Reply-To: <199602290531.VAA01367@precipice.shockwave.com>
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On Wed, 28 Feb 1996, Paul Traina wrote: > I would strongly suggest that users NOT be allowed to select their method > unless the sysadmin explicitly enables it... and I think a sysadmin would I strongly agree with this also. a: what do users' care what encryption algorithim is used, it's not something that will make any kind of difference for them. b: We could make passwd(8) generate md5 passwords by default, and have, for instance, a "-e" flag to change the encryption method; or we could add another file to /etc for instance "passwd.conf" that has the configuration information stored there. I would opt for passwd.conf. == Chris Layne ============================================================== == coredump@nervosa.com ================= http://www.nervosa.com/~coredump ==
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