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Re: Rh 6.1 initial root password encryption
From: escher () SPOILED ORG (Fabian Kroenner)
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 12:42:51 +0100
On Fri, Jan 21, 2000 at 10:57:45AM +1100, Ken Barber wrote:
The initial root password that is set in /etc/shadow by the Red Hat 6.1 installation program is in crypt-style, not MD5. This occurs even if you have chosen MD5 encryption in the initial setup of RH.
Hi, this has been reported to Red Hat Oct, 10th 1999. The Bugzilla-ID is 5542 - see: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5542 to find out more about the status of the bug. I suspect that it does affect all (user) accouts created during installation with the new anaconda-installer. If I recall correctly I have observed this in the previous (Red Hat 6.0) installer as well. Both ask for the root password, before setting the encryption-options. I hope they modify the installer properly, since it cannot be 'fixed' through a package update. Using passwd after install is the only way to do it, correct me if I am wrong. Regards... Fabian Kroenner <escher () spoiled org> __________________________________________________________________ GnuPG Public Key available: http://www.spoiled.org/~escher/.pubkey Key Fingerprint: 2311 6D40 FE1F 9D94 77AD 20CA 2F38 AD9E 19AB 6A00
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