Jeremy Sanders wrote:
> Jeremy Sanders wrote:
>
>> Okay - I've worked it out. It only uses an md5 password if the existing
>> user has an md5 password. ypasswd works for users with md5 passwords.
>
> Bad form replying to myself here... but in case anyone is interested, you

Urban myth. Replying to oneself is sensible and the right thing to do
when one can add useful information.


> can force yppasswd to always create md5 passwords by editing
> yp-tools-2.7-md5.patch in the yp-tools SRPM, and change the line
>
> int has_md5_passwd = 0;
> to
> int has_md5_passwd = 1;
>
> This is handy when you want to get users to upgrade themselves.


The standard behaviour is makes a certain kind of sense. I'd prefer a
runtime choice personally.



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