On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 09:28:36PM -0600, John Patton wrote: > Okay, I know how to tell pam to use md5 passwords, but has > anybody actually done this after using regular crypt > passwords? I have a number of accounts with existing > passwords in /etc/shadow... what happens to them? I've been > wanting to upgrade to md5 passwords for a while, but I'm > afraid of totally hosing my system. Any input on this would > be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Works just fine. Your old crypt passwords will still work. If they are changed, they will become md5 passwords. There's some magic to differentiate the two. -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
