[linux-security] Re: md5,des etc..

[Alex Behring <ab seka de>]

Denis Ducamp wrote:

> If you have the same results then your system supports MD5. If the second
> one gives you some thing like "MD5 : $1Oyx5r9mdGZ2" then it doesn't supports
> MD5.
>
> How to activate it by default ?
>
>  - without pam : check the value of "MD5_CRYPT_ENAB" in /etc/login.defs
>  - with pam : check the word md5 on the line beginning by :
>         "password   required     /lib/security/pam_pwdb.so use_authtok nullok"
>    in /etc/pam.d/passwd

Does anyone know, how to make the ipppd-daemon be able to check the md5
passwords ?!? I turned on md5 and couldn't log in through ipppd any-
more, after switching it off again, it was working ok.

        Alex


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