15 Mar
2002
15 Mar
'02
10:43
Roman Drahtmueller wrote:
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? Thanks, Richard -- Richard Ems ... e-mail: r.ems@gmx.net ... Computer Science, University of Hamburg Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.