As Marcel Moreaux notes: > The Linux manpage for crypt()[1] contains the following statement as the > last sentence of the NOTES section: > > In the SHA implementation the entire key is significant (instead of > only the first 8 bytes in MD5). > > It should probably say "DES" where it says "MD5" (and maybe "MD5/SHA" > where it says "SHA"), because in MD5 password hashing, the entire key is > significant, not just the first 8 bytes. This patch fixes the wording. Signed-off-by: Petr Baudis <pasky@xxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/man3/crypt.3 b/man3/crypt.3 index 1139792..aeaf873 100644 --- a/man3/crypt.3 +++ b/man3/crypt.3 @@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ SHA-512 | 86 characters The characters in "\fIsalt\fP" and "\fIencrypted\fP" are drawn from the set [\fBa\fP\(en\fBzA\fP\(en\fBZ0\fP\(en\fB9./\fP]. -In the SHA implementation the entire +In the MD5 and SHA implementations the entire .I key is significant (instead of only the first -8 bytes in MD5). +8 bytes in DES). .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR login (1), .BR passwd (1), -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
