Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-25 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 01:29:07AM -0400, Harry Henry Gebel wrote: > > passwordrequiredpam_unix.so use_authtok nullok md5 > > to tell if your password is md5 format, look in /etc/shadow (or passwd > > if you don't use shadow) if it starts with $1$ its md5, otherwise its > > crypt. > > Wo

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-25 Thread Harry Henry Gebel
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 08:46:09PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:12:59AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > > installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without *big* > its trivial, simply add md5 to the end of your password lines in > /etc/pam.d/* > password

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 12:12:59AM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > it's one of the first questions you must answer during the main potato > installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without *big* > effort. its trivial, simply add md5 to the end of your password lines in /etc/pam.d

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual > > limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. > > Where would that be enabled? > it's one of the first questions you must answer during the main potato installation. i have no idea, if i can be changed later without

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Michael P. Soulier
On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 11:51:19PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote: > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual > limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. Where would that be enabled? Mike -- Michael P. Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "...the word HACK is use

Re: xscreensaver password

2000-09-24 Thread Oswald Buddenhagen
> This to me is not a good thing. What's the max length on a Unix > password, 16? 128? 256? > 8 unless you enable md5 passwords. don's ask me, what's the actual limit for md5, but theoretically there is none. regards -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please!