from how the code is structured, blowfish should be default after the compile. just run passwd(1) so your shadow file will then be blowfish-encrypted. (pretty sure you don't want to try to authenticate an MD5 password with Blowfish.) ;-) enjoy yourself, ~ brad. On 10/27/05, Kevin Day <msu-kday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Sorry if I was supposed to go through some patch certification channel or > something official like that, but I got carried away. Have at. > > > > I have been wondering the same thing myself.. > > Anyway, is there anything else that need be done after this is installed. > According to the hint, multiple formats are supported, including Md5. Do you > know of anyway to maintain who gets what and how? (I am assuming blowfish gets > applied into /etc/shadow passwords by default) > -- > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/hlfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > - Linux-crypto: cryptography in and on the Linux system Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-crypto/
