>Solaris 10 will recognize Linux's md5 password by default - just put
>them in /etc/shadow.
>
>Now if you change a password on Solaris it will
>be written in DES3 by default. See /etc/security/policy.conf - you can
>change default password encryption for new passwords even to be
>compatible with Linux (value 1).


The default "crypt" algorithm is not "DES3"; it's a 25 fold encryption
of the NULL plaintext with your password as key using a DES algorithm
modified with the salt.


Casper

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