Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 11:45:47AM +0200, Falk Hueffner wrote: > > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > (3) in the post-boot configuration, why are MD5 passwords defaulted to > > > > "No" ie not enabled ? > > > > > > compatibility with crufty old unixes i suppose. if you were to make > > > the box into an NIS server that would matter i think. > > > > Somebody who wants that will know to what to answer. People who don't > > know what this is all about will want MD5 passwords, so this should be > > the default. > > fwiw, i agree, however.
FWIW, I heard it causes compatability problems with some packages. I think it would be3 unwise to change this at this point. > file a bug against base-config. that is actually outside the realm > of boot-floppies. Yes. -- ...Adam Di Carlo..<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...<URL:http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
