[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#39256: MD5_CRYPT_ENAB in /etc/login.defs

[Nicolas François]

retitle 39256 [TO CLOSE 20050423] MD5_CRYPT_ENAB in /etc/login.defs
thanks

Hello,


On Thu, Jun 10, 1999 at 10:07:57AM +0200, Brock Rozen wrote:
> I'd like to see this as a default:
> 
> MD5_CRYPT_ENAB=yes in /etc/login.defs
> 
> Is there any reason not to do it? It would only increase security and
> functionality as it allows password lengths of up to 127 characters.

passwd no more use this configuration variable in /etc/login.defs.
Currently (this wasn't the case 5 years ago), passwd uses PAM.

The default configuration for passwords in PAM enables MD5 passwords, thus
I'm considering closing this bug (in one week).

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Nekral