[Pkg-shadow-devel] Bug#447747: chpasswd default hash algorithm

[Matias Soler]

Package: passwd
Version: 1:4.0.18.1-7
Severity: wishlist

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It would be desirable to default chpasswd hash algorithm to MD5 instead of
DES.


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686
Locale: LANG=es_AR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=es_AR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages passwd depends on:
ii  debianutils            2.17              Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii  libc6                  2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libpam-modules         0.79-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules f
ii  libpam0g               0.79-4            Pluggable Authentication Modules l
ii  libselinux1            1.32-3            SELinux shared libraries
ii  login                  1:4.0.18.1-7      system login tools

passwd recommends no packages.

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Best Regards,
Matias S. Soler