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Date:      Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:50:01 -0500 (EST)
From:      Spike Gronim <spork@ix.netcom.com>
To:        Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>
Cc:        Imran Aslam <imran@orangenet.co.uk>, "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: DES to MD5
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.981216194848.399B-100000@PigStuy.dyn.ml.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzpvhjcv3ax.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>

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On 16 Dec 1998, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote:

> 
> 2) FreeBSD supports DES passwords just fine, if you install the DES
>    libraries (the installation utility will ask you whether or not you
>    want to install them), but FreeBSD password files have a few more
>    fields than Linux password files. See the passwd(5) man page.

How do I tell if my system is using DES or MD5? Is there a way to switch
types of encryption once the system is installed? (I know I would have to
re-enter my passwords in order to do this)

> 
> DES
> -- 
> Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no
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