* Peter Wemm (pe...@netplex.com.au) [990407 11:07]: > > Unfortunately, passwd(1) will helpfully maintain the same encryption > method as was used before. ie: if a user has a MD5 passwd, the new one > will also be MD5, regardless of the default. > > What I've wanted to do for some time is have a passwd re-coder launched > from things like login etc when the plaintext password is available. I > have wanted to be able to enable a transition to a new method over time. > > Of course, passwd(1) should ideally be able to be told to ignore the old > method too - it looks like /etc/auth.conf is in the beginnings of this. > > (note that I'm not advocating changing the present system, just having the > ability to do the two things above). > > Cheers, > -Peter
That sounds great Peter! Please let me know if you want me to test it for you. Anders -- -------------------------------------------------------- Anders Andersson and...@sanyusan.se Sanyusan International AB http://www.sanyusan.se/ Västgötagatan 11 Tel: +46-(0)31-168730 411 39 Gothenburg, SWEDEN Fax: +46-(0)31-209361 -------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
