On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 11:33:30AM -0400, tallison@tacocat.net wrote: : > On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 10:15:53AM -0500, David Krider wrote: : > : I was just wondering why SuSE defaults to using "plain old" DES : > : encryption for passwords, instead of MD5, like most other distros. I'm : > : not a crypto guy. I've been meaning to get _Applied Cryptography_ for : > : awhile now, but I still haven't, so I don't know the difference. I just : > : like using a 10-place password for root. A quick Google search doesn't : > : turn up anything on this. Does anyone know why this is the situation? : > : Does anyone know why I should or shouldn't care? : > : > Maybe to be consistent with commercial UNIXs that don't have MD5. : > This should also give you the ability to cut-and-paste password/shadow : > entries from say a Solaris box and vice versa. : : So.. There isn't anyway to have a >8 character password on Suse? Use MD5 or Blowfish. Edit /etc/pam/{pam_pwcheck,pam_unix2}.conf and change the default to use one of the aforementioned. --Jerry -- Open-Source software isn't a matter of life or death... ...It's much more important than that!