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According to crypt(5), MD5 and DES should not be used for new hashes. Also the default number of SHA rounds chosen by libc is orders of magnitude too low for modern hardware. Let's warn the users about weak choices. Signed-off-by: Topi Miettinen <toiwoton@gmail.com>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><option>ENCRYPT_METHOD</option> (string)</term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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This defines the system default encryption algorithm for encrypting
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passwords (if no algorithm are specified on the command line).
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</para>
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<para>
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It can take one of these values:
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<replaceable>DES</replaceable> (default),
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<replaceable>MD5</replaceable><phrase condition="sha_crypt">,
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<replaceable>SHA256</replaceable>,
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<replaceable>SHA512</replaceable></phrase>.
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MD5 and DES should not be used for new hashes, see
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<refentrytitle>crypt</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum>
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for recommendations.
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</para>
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<para>
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Note: this parameter overrides the <option>MD5_CRYPT_ENAB</option>
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variable.
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</para>
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<para condition="pam">
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Note: This only affect the generation of group passwords.
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The generation of user passwords is done by PAM and subject to the
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PAM configuration. It is recommended to set this variable
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consistently with the PAM configuration.
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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