[plug] MD5 convert [solution]

[Brian Tombleson]

Thanks Tony, but that wasn't it. (passwd package does not use debconf).

However, it is as simple as editting /etc/pam.d/login and appending "md5" to
the password directive.
Hope this can help someone else in the future.

Regards,
Brian.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony J. Breeds-Taurima" <tony at cantech.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 12:15 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] MD5 convert


> On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Brian Tombleson wrote:
>
> > Sorry to bother, but can anyone tell me how to tell a Debian Potato
system
> > to lookup passwords (records already existing in /etc/passwd and
> > /etc/shadow) with MD5 when the system was installed without choosing
"Use
> > MD5 Passwords" ?
>
> dpkg-reconfigure passwd
>
> Will ask you if you want MD5 passwords and/or shadow support.  However
this
> will NOT convert passwords to md5 hashes.  The only way to do that is make
> md5 the default and then forece each user to change his/her password.
>
> HTH
>
> Yours Tony.
>
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