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| author | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-01-24 21:05:33 +0000 |
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| committer | Matthew Burgess <matthew@linuxfromscratch.org> | 2011-01-24 21:05:33 +0000 |
| commit | e836f783c29b3c9170d01da6aabc6a434c3b7a57 (patch) | |
| tree | 05d6368a6dc09a31525b7a542d9c13c0f1f6983f /chapter06 | |
| parent | 52318649b6f977fa370b2624fd9519a778052ebb (diff) | |
Update description of password encryption sed, following r9447.
git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9450 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689
Diffstat (limited to 'chapter06')
| -rw-r--r-- | chapter06/shadow.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/chapter06/shadow.xml b/chapter06/shadow.xml index 4adb4e8a6..c114cfb57 100644 --- a/chapter06/shadow.xml +++ b/chapter06/shadow.xml @@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ find man -name Makefile.in -exec sed -i 's/groups\.1 / /' {} \;</userinput></scr <para id="shadow-login_defs">Instead of using the default <emphasis>crypt</emphasis> method, use the more secure - <emphasis>MD5</emphasis> method of password encryption, which also allows - passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change the - obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location + <emphasis>SHA-512</emphasis> method of password encryption, which also + allows passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change + the obsolete <filename class="directory">/var/spool/mail</filename> location for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the <filename class="directory">/var/mail</filename> location used currently:</para> |