Btw, talking defaults: Even in 8.0, md5 is not the default. The reason is quite simple: Interoperability. It breaks if you have nis or with other unixes.
Could you expand on this? What does it break with NIS? I have md5 enabled in my /etc/pam.d/passwd and I'm also using NIS, but my NIS passwd map isn't at /etc/passwd ...
What does md5 break with NIS?
I didn't say that - you should simply try it out. The crypted password string begins with $1$ if it's an md5 string, and $2a$ if it's blowfish. If you use these Linux goodies together with Suns, HPs, SGIs or something else, it won't work.
Thanks, Richard
Grüße,
Roman.
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