Brandon McCombs wrote:
I actually read the manpage this time on password-crypt-salt-format but
still have some questions. It seems that only one salt format can be
One last question, if a salt is used with MD5 for example, is the
password's hash prefixed with {SMD5} or is {MD5} still used?
All these hashes are confusing so I'm trying to get things clear in my
head.
No. No salt is used with MD5 or SHA. The salt that is used with SMD5 or SSHA
is generated randomly. The password-crypt-salt-format only applies to crypt,
just as it's documented.
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