Changeset e836f78

Timestamp:

01/24/2011 09:05:33 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

Matthew Burgess <matthew@…>

Branches:

10.0, 10.0-rc1, 10.1, 10.1-rc1, 11.0, 11.0-rc1, 11.0-rc2, 11.0-rc3, 11.1, 11.1-rc1, 11.2, 11.2-rc1, 11.3, 11.3-rc1, 12.0, 12.0-rc1, 12.1, 12.1-rc1, 6.8, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.5-systemd, 7.6, 7.6-systemd, 7.7, 7.7-systemd, 7.8, 7.8-systemd, 7.9, 7.9-systemd, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 9.0, 9.1, arm, bdubbs/gcc13, ml-11.0, multilib, renodr/libudev-from-systemd, s6-init, trunk, xry111/arm64, xry111/arm64-12.0, xry111/clfs-ng, xry111/lfs-next, xry111/loongarch, xry111/loongarch-12.0, xry111/loongarch-12.1, xry111/mips64el, xry111/pip3, xry111/rust-wip-20221008, xry111/update-glibc

Children:

bae0409

Parents:

52318649

Message:

Update description of password encryption sed, following r9447.

git-svn-id: ​http://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/LFS/trunk/BOOK@9450 4aa44e1e-78dd-0310-a6d2-fbcd4c07a689

File:

• chapter06/shadow.xml (modified) (1 diff)

chapter06/shadow.xml

@@ -65 +65 @@
     <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>