From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 4 23:46:44 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from sentry.granch.ru (sentry.granch.ru [212.20.5.135]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5B6631534F; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 23:46:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from shelton@sentry.granch.ru) Received: from localhost (IDENT:shelton@localhost.granch.ru [127.0.0.1]) by sentry.granch.ru (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA03158; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:44:24 +0700 (NOVST) Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 13:44:23 +0700 (NOVST) From: "Rashid N. Achilov" To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Kris Kennaway , freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Long username/password In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 5 Oct 1999, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > I think, DES isn't default crypt to passwords. > > DES *is* the default if the DES libraries are installed, unless the > user in question already has an MD5 password (in which case the system > will keep using MD5 every time he/she changes his/her password) What can I really check, which passwd length is supported, and what can I revert to MD5, if need? With Best Regards. Rashid N. Achilov (RNA1-RIPE), Cert. ID: 28514, Granch Ltd. lead engineer e-mail: achilov@granch.ru, tel (383-2) 24-2363 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message