On Sep 28 Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jim Mercer wrote:
>
> > the reason i ask, is that if people cvsup without seeing or noticing this,
> > they may not realize until too late that the new passwords are md5.
> >
> > anyone using nis with non-freebsd systems might get really upset.
>
> It should have been documented. It still can be :-)
A change of this magnitude to default system behavior should have
been preceded by a HEADS UP to the stable list, IMO. Would have
save me several hours of aggravation.
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