On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:45:47AM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote:
> Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > > (3) in the post-boot configuration, why are MD5 passwords defaulted to
> > > "No" ie not enabled ?
> >
> > compatibility with crufty old unixes i suppose. if you were to make
> > the box into an NIS server that would matter i think.
>
> Somebody who wants that will know to what to answer. People who don't
> know what this is all about will want MD5 passwords, so this should be
> the default.
fwiw, i agree, however.
file a bug against base-config. that is actually outside the realm of boot-floppies.
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Ethan Benson
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