On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Julio Merino wrote:

> AFAIK, crypt() works only with DES passwords. What if you have configured
> MD5 support for passwd.conf (what I do) ?

They wouldn't have added MD5 support for passwd without having an easy way
to use it. (Or they would make it easy for admins to lock themselves and
others out.)

See the new crypt:

     ... If setting begins with the ``$'' character, a non-DES
     encryption scheme is selected (currently MD5 hashing only). ...


(By the way, the .Nd name description should be changed too.)

   Jeremy C. Reed
   http://www.reedmedia.net/