MD5 passwords

[Sam Vilain]

Andrew Pollock <andrew at andrew.net.au> wrote:

> > > Does anyone have a nice script/method of enabling MD5 passwords during an
> > > installation?
> > apt-get install passwd
> > shadowconfig on
> I don't believe that enables MD5 passwords, just the standard DES ones.

Yes, quite.  Mis-read your question.

In which case you also need to

echo "set passwd/md5 true" | debconf-communicate
DEBIAN_FRONTEND=Noninteractive dpkg-reconfigure passwd
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