Unless you are NIS or reeeeeeeeeeeeeeally old programs that don't speak PAM
it's a non issue. Most vendors (i.e. redhat, etc) shit with md5 passwords as
the default.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Clark"
Hi Markus,
@ 3:35:57 AM on 10/20/2001, Markus Gaugusch wrote:
Read /usr/share/doc/packages/pam/README.md5
Should I be concerned about this?
"Since MD5 encryption is not compatible with the standard Unix crypt() function, most commercial Unices and some programs don't work with MD5 passwords. So be careful, if you enable this feature."
Have any of you experienced any problems with it?
The machine is going to be a mail/www/ftp server, if that makes any difference.
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