On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:17:43PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Ben Collins said: > > > > > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to > > > > check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole > > > > password is verified? > > > Just take a look at the /etc/login.defs and read the description of the > > > MD5_CRYPT_ENAB. Setting this option to "on" makess the passwd suite use > > > the > > > MD5 digest encryption algorithm which doesn't have the limitation of DES. > > > > Please note that in potato, the MD5 is enabled via the /etc/pam.d files > I was referring to the current state of stable/unstable. It uses shadowutils > package and that in turn uses /etc/login.defs > > > (atleast after today it will be, once the new shadow is installed). > Hmm... is that mean that we're gonna switch to the same passwd suite as RH, > for example? Too bad... the current passwd has many useful switches (-l -u > being two of them...)
No, RedHat does not use all of the shadow tools (it's a mix of shellutils, util-linux and shadow). We are staying with shadow, but PAM enabled. Ben
