On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:05:01AM +0200, Marco Gerards wrote: > Why does Debian GNU/Hurd use DES encrypted passwords instead of MD5 > encrypted passwords?
I think that this is the default on Debian GNU/Linux as well, for legacy reasons. > I have tested MD5 passwords on the Hurd (I've copied a /etc/shadow > entry from my GNU/Linux installation to my /etc/shadow on Debian > GNU/Hurd and logged in). This works. libshouldbeinlibc wasn't written > to support this(I assume because of the crypt prototype there), but it > supports it because of the way glibc works. I am not sure how you would set it up so that passwd etc store passwords in the MD5 format, though. > I wonder if no-one knew it works (some people claimed it didn't works > and because of that I had a look) or if it wasn't enabled because I'm > stupid and don't understand debian. I think that nobody ever thought about it. Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/