glfs/postlfs/security/shadow.xml

<sect1 id="shadow">
<?dbhtml filename="shadow.html" dir="postlfs"?>
<title>Shadow-4.0.3</title>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring shadow</title>

<para>Shadow's Configuration File</para>

<para><userinput>/etc/login.defs</userinput></para>

<para>Enabling MD5 Passwords</para>

<para>To enable MD5 Passwords, modify the line in the
<filename>login.defs</filename> file that reads:
<screen><userinput>#MD5_CRYPT_ENAB no</userinput></screen>
to read:
<screen><userinput>MD5_CRYPT_ENAB yes</userinput></screen>
Passwords created after this change will be encrypted using MD5
(Message-Degest Algroithm) instead of using <acronym>DES</acronym> encryption.
</para>
</sect2>

&shadow-inst;
&shadow-exp;
&shadow-config;

</sect1>