Mm, yes. From the code, it looks like simply nobody ever implemented MD5 hashes in newusers.
** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium -- newusers uses crypt insted of md5 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/51551 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs