MD5 passwords

[Andrew Pollock]

On 20.06.2002 at 19:44:55, Sam Vilain <sam at vilain.net> wrote:

> 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

Every day's a school day. This does indeed make configuration much easier.
Thanks for the information.

Andrew