Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 12:42:26 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> To: Bhishan Hemrajani <bhishan@cytosine.dhs.org> Cc: rjk191@psu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: only 8 chars of password needed to login Message-ID: <87390.954844946@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:52:51 MST." <200004040552.e345qpr01384@cytosine.dhs.org>
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On Mon, 03 Apr 2000 22:52:51 MST, Bhishan Hemrajani wrote: > Is there any way to make it use md5 passwords as the default? Yes there is, but this is an FAQ and there's a ton of information on this in the freebsd-questions archives. :-) Before you go hunting, consider that you'll have to arrange for your users to change their passwords. And again, consider the practical impact of using 8 character passwords, as I mentioned in my first reply to your original post. Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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