Re: Default password hash

On 9 June 2012 13:16, Robert Simmons <rsimmons0@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> wrote:
>> On 6/9/2012 9:19 AM, someone wrote:
>>> hi,
>>>
>>> what is needed to change from md5 to sha512 ? As all old passwd are md5, I imagine there is a
>>> sequence of steps not to lock me out of the box. is there any place that documents this ?
>> change the users passwd to something new, or just use the old passwd,
>> but re-enter it

change the default format and run passwd. The password will
transparently change.

-- 
Eitan Adler
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