Re: md5 passwords
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:28:36PM -0600, John Patton wrote:
> Okay, I know how to tell pam to use md5 passwords, but has
> anybody actually done this after using regular crypt
> passwords? I have a number of accounts with existing
> passwords in /etc/shadow... what happens to them? I've been
> wanting to upgrade to md5 passwords for a while, but I'm
> afraid of totally hosing my system. Any input on this would
> be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Works just fine. Your old crypt passwords will still work. If they are
changed, they will become md5 passwords. There's some magic to
differentiate the two.
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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