On Thu, Sep 29, 2005 at 05:02:16AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-Sep-28 15:10:19 +0200, Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 01:46:14PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> >+> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:39:00PM +0000, Ken Smith wrote:
> >+> > kensmith 2005-09-28 12:39:00 UTC
> >+> >
> >+> > FreeBSD src repository
> >+> >
> >+> > Modified files:
> >+> > release Makefile
> >+> > Log:
> >+> > Add SHA256 checksums to the release build.
> >+>
> >+> Good idea. Along these lines, does anyone know what the barriers are
> >+> in moving the default password hash from md5 to blowfish (not for
> >+> RELENG_6, just in general), or has it just not been done yet?
>
> You need to a line "crypt_default = blf" to /etc/auth.conf
> That said, the blowfish magic string looks wrong - the MD5 and NT
> hashes both have a training '$' but blowfish doesn't. Is this
> deliberate or a typo?
I know how to do it, and it does work (it has been the first thing I do
on any system I build from 4.x up - you also need to update the default
login class in login.conf). I'm just wondering why it isn't default.
Ceri
--
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm
not sure about the former. -- Einstein (attrib.)
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