Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 08:27:50 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET> Cc: Nevermind <never@nevermind.kiev.ua>, Chris Byrnes <chris@jeah.net>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hmm..passwords. Message-ID: <20001121082750.A2922@citusc17.usc.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011210704230.88234-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>; from matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET on Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:09:57AM -0500 References: <20001121135541.A14220@nevermind.kiev.ua> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011210704230.88234-100000@epsilon.lucida.ca>
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--n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 07:09:57AM -0500, Matt Heckaman wrote: > On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Nevermind wrote: > ... > : The same thing... > : Mabe the point is in DES/md5 passwords? >=20 > FreeBSD has actually defaulted to MD5 passwords for quite a long time to > those of us not within the US. However, installing the US crypto has > always forced the usage of DES passwords by default. In order to switch > your machine back to DES passwords from MD5 passwords, this is what you > need to do: 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. Kris --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (FreeBSD) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjoaooYACgkQWry0BWjoQKXaAwCfXYDJMEI0VM6FQlgMkR5TMI4B hmwAoP5eiVTATe49WivxhA9Us3+2O9M3 =vDXQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --n8g4imXOkfNTN/H1-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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