From 0d37b5ca7bbb3db7cbdba913a61f846d404b9415 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Darren Tucker Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 12:41:14 +1000 Subject: - (dtucker) [INSTALL] Some system crypt() functions support MD5 passwords directly. Noted by Darren.Moffat at sun.com. --- INSTALL | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 849781dd..97ee76f6 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -130,8 +130,9 @@ need the S/Key libraries and header files installed for this to work. support. You will need libwrap.a and tcpd.h installed. --with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this -if your operating system uses MD5 passwords. The resulting binary will -support both MD5 and traditional crypt type passwords. +if your operating system uses MD5 passwords and the system crypt() does +not support them directly (see the crypt(3/3c) man page). If enabled, the +resulting binary will support both MD5 and traditional crypt passwords. --with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for some platforms. @@ -199,4 +200,4 @@ Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at http://www.openssh.com/ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.61 2003/10/17 06:32:11 dtucker Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.62 2003/10/21 02:41:14 dtucker Exp $ -- cgit v1.2.3