Bug#237610: installer creates only DES encrypted passwords

[stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers)]

On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 12:51:44PM +0100, Florian Effenberger wrote:
> The installer asks the password for root and optionally the password for the
> normal user account. These passwords are saved in /etc/shadow.
> 
> However, they are NOT encrypted with MD5 (i.e. strings beginning with $1$ in
> /etc/shadow), but with DES. When you change passwords via "passwd", they are
> encrypted using MD5 correctly.
> 

Thanks.


Earlier today there was bug 237526 it mentions PAM.
Is PAM still relevant?
If yes, tell more about PAM
If not, then I'm wasting time of the people who are spending time on this bugreport.


Cheers
Geert Stappers