On Sun, 24 Jun 2012 18:28:38 -0400 Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-lo...@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> "Christopher J. Ruwe" <c...@cruwe.de> writes: > > > For setting the dafault hash used to hash /etc/master.passwd, it has > > been recommended changing md5 for something more secure in the > > sense of being more expensive to crack. > > > > The handbook describes the procedure used in > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/crypt.html. > > Allegedly, hashes which were hashed with one of the sha-functions > > begin with the character $6$. > > > > Afer having changed my /etc/login.conf accordingly and having reset > > the passwords, the given there is not md5 anymore (I have tried > > with md5), but does not begin with the character $6$, but, as md5, > > with $1$, which is supposed to be md5-hashed. > > I'm not following. Are you saying that you are resetting the passwords > after setting login.conf, but new passwords aren't being created with > the new hash type? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" Yes, you are following correctly that the hash mechanism did not appear to have changed. It was OSI-8 error on my part, as Mike Tancsa (one message later) helped me to understand. Cheers, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ: GMT + 2h
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