From e836f783c29b3c9170d01da6aabc6a434c3b7a57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Burgess Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 21:05:33 +0000 Subject: Update description of password encryption sed, following r9447. git-svn-id: http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9450 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689 --- chapter06/shadow.xml | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'chapter06') 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 / /' {} \;Instead of using the default crypt method, use the more secure - MD5 method of password encryption, which also allows - passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change the - obsolete /var/spool/mail location + SHA-512 method of password encryption, which also + allows passwords longer than 8 characters. It is also necessary to change + the obsolete /var/spool/mail location for user mailboxes that Shadow uses by default to the /var/mail location used currently: -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf