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

[Christian Perrier]

Quoting Matias Soler (gnuler at gmail.com):
> 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.


Well, we might need a pretty strong rationale to consider a change
that would break the "no surprise" principle.

Changing the default behaviour of the utility would be likely to break
existing setups that use chpasswd.

I expect people who want MD5 passwords to already use the "-m" switch.

So, really, my first reaction is being non invasive and mark this bug
as "wontfix".



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