From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Yann E. MORIN Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2013 11:48:35 +0100 Subject: [Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] target: add different methods to encode passwords In-Reply-To: <87lic8n110.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> References: <50E73970.8000404@zacarias.com.ar> <87lic8n110.fsf@dell.be.48ers.dk> Message-ID: <201301051148.35627.yann.morin.1998@free.fr> List-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: buildroot@busybox.net Peter, Gustavo, All, On Friday 04 January 2013 Peter Korsgaard wrote: > >>>>> "Gustavo" == Gustavo Zacarias writes: > Gustavo> On 12/30/2012 03:08 PM, Yann E. MORIN wrote: > >> Passwords can be encoded in different ways (from the weakest > >> to the strongest): des, md5, sha-256, sha-512 > >> > >> Add a choice entry to select the method, defaulting to 'md5'. > Gustavo> However i'd like to see an option where the root password is untouched, > Gustavo> probably as default. > > Gustavo> A slippy finger might get a bad surprise when upgrading to a > Gustavo> new buildroot version and sees it's skeleton root password > Gustavo> zapped away to nothing by surprise - an error that might take > Gustavo> some time to get noticed and might even get shipped. Regards. > > Hmm, the root passwd stuff should only only be active if the default > rootfs skeleton is used (so no passwd). I see that's not the case today, > will fix. OK, I'm on it. Regards, Yann E. MORIN. -- .-----------------.--------------------.------------------.--------------------. | Yann E. MORIN | Real-Time Embedded | /"\ ASCII RIBBON | Erics' conspiracy: | | +33 662 376 056 | Software Designer | \ / CAMPAIGN | ___ | | +33 223 225 172 `------------.-------: X AGAINST | \e/ There is no | | http://ymorin.is-a-geek.org/ | _/*\_ | / \ HTML MAIL | v conspiracy. | '------------------------------^-------^------------------^--------------------'