My apologies. I had not thought it through enough, but it isn't a problem that actually affects me anyway. Let me first say that I am completely ignorant as to how MD5 works, but would it be possible to test if the password is a valid MD5 key and then fall back on plain text, doing away with the `--' completely? Or at least keep it compatible with old passwords. Let me add that I am very happy with how the hurd has been coming along lately. I had last looked at it about a year and a half ago, and was pleased with how it worked (flawlessly) and was a little surprised to see some of the features that it now has. I spent the last hour setting my roommate with an NFS-mounted copy of linux. GRUB made it easy. Thanks :) Quoting OKUJI Yoshinori <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Do you think that I approved the patch without considering the > possibility? I have been making effort not to break compatibility > unreasonably, and so I approve a patch only if it wouldn't make > anyone's machine unbootable. I'm conservative enough. > > In this case, if you have a password prefixed with `--', your menu > interface will just not be protected by the password. You can boot > menu entries with no problem. And, if you have upgraded GRUB right > now, you should sit in the front of your machine, so you can change > your password to a safe one immediately. Therefore, I decided that the > incompatibility would be acceptable. Ok? > > Okuji > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-grub mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-grub > ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: demo.horde.org _______________________________________________ Bug-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd
