Re: Security trough paranoia
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- Subject: Re: Security trough paranoia
- From: Brian May <bam@debian.org>
- Date: 01 Apr 2001 16:38:49 +1000
- Message-id: <[🔎] 84lmplw2di.fsf@snoopy.apana.org.au>
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- References: <20010330163354.A10286@bmrb.wisc.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.30.0103301643560.5180-100000@tennyson.netexpress.net> <20010330182728.A10695@bmrb.wisc.edu> <yttelvewxjr.fsf@gilgamesh.cse.ucsc.edu> <20010331163420.B994@korn.ch> <20010401005324.C28925@alcor.net>
>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org> writes:
Matt> Is there any (currently implemented) way to switch from
Matt> crypt to md5, supporting crypt passwords already in the
Matt> database, but adding new passwords using md5? This would
Matt> allow administrators to make a smooth transition.
I believe that is the only way supported.
ie. either password can be read from the file, but by default only
crypt is written. This default can be changed by editing the PAM
files.
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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