hi, there!

On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Chris Knight wrote:

> > NODESCRYPTLINKS was always intended as a temporary workaround. The
> > solution is to use passwd_format=des in your default login class.
> >
> It's a solution for login. It's not a solution for any application that
> dynamically links to libcrypt, and then expects the hash algorithm to remain
> the same - which is a fair assumption to make. I'm exceptionally happy with
> NODESCRYPTLINKS, so my opinion is to leave it alone.

from this point of view default format should always be 'des' with
passwd_format=md5 in /etc/login.conf
(most applications expect crypt to be des-crypt)

/fjoe



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