In /etc/pam.d/passwd, you will find:
password required /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_authtok nullok md5 shadow
Take out 'md5'.
But why switch back to weaker encryption... to verify using MD5, just call
crypt() with the password to verify and the first 11 chars of the stuff in
the password file as the salt. The salt always starts with '$1$' in MD5.
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:46:20PM -0800, Mary Christie Generalao wrote:
> How do i force RH7 to use DES passwords (or if im
> using the wrong algorithm, i mean the 13-char
> password) instead of the MD5 password that's currently
> active? I wanted to revert to the old standard
> password because some of our scripts that check the
> password cant understand md5. i wish to go back to the
> old format without reinstalling the OS. Any tips?
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