Kilnar Admin wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 20 Aug 1999, Erik Andersen wrote:
> >
> > > Under Debian, for passwords of unlimited length you can
> > > edit /etc/login.defs:
> > >
> > > -#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB no
> > > +MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes
> > >
> >
> > I have a Slack 4.0, and seen the login.defs line that you
> > spoke about. but
> > I don't know if my linux understands the md5. How to know this ? and
> > where/how to put it in my system ? Thanks :)
>
> I thought that MD5 encryption was a Debian thing and other OS's used other
> methods. I could be wrong, but this is something to consider.
RHL 6.0 has an option during set, and in the authconfig tool, for using
MD5, along with Shadow passwords.
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