I meant “what default makes the most sense for the passwd command line
application?”
It was crypt which is deprecated. Should it be BSD’s MD5? One of the SHA2
based algorithms? Or should it produce an error if no algorithm is selected?
Pauli
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> On 19 Jan 2020, at 12:28 am, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
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> On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 10:47:04AM +1000, Dr Paul Dale wrote:
>> Could the people who work with distros confirm this default choice or
>> suggest what they use please?
>
> I'm not sure what you're asking, but crypt() has moved on from
> using DES like 20 years ago, see crypt(5).
>
>
> Kurt
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