Re: MD5 passwords and su
On Wed, 17 Sep 1997, Jean Pierre LeJacq wrote:
> On 16 Sep 1997, Torsten Hilbrich wrote:
>
> > I just detected the MD5_CRYPT_ENAB option in /etc/login.defs and
> > enabled it. Login works fine with the new passwords but su seems to
> > have no idea of MD5.
> >
> > Is there a working version of su for MD5 passwords?
>
> su also seems to ignore ENV_SUPATH and SU_WHELL. Looks to me that su
> doesn't pay any attention to this file.
>
> Should this be logged as a bug? Has it been already?
Actually, the secure-su package is built to respect those files. The su
in the default packages is the GNU one and deliberatly doesn't support
those options. Although it would be nice if it could be convinced to do
MD5, i expect the best solution is just to install secure-su.
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