>Unless there are quite solid objections, I would to to make the
>following our standard /etc/passwd.conf:
>
>--------------------------------------------------
>default:
>        localcipher = md5
>        ypcipher = old
>--------------------------------------------------
>
>Note that there is no obvious reason to object. Old password files
>will still work. New passwords will use md5, but if an admin doesn't
>like that he can just change localcipher to old.

make it all commented out defaults, as with other config files (eg,
ssh), and add a reference at the top to passwd.conf(5).

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