crypt_method

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My Post is in reference to this feature. https://www.directadmin.com/features.php?id=1412

I noticed the Default for User account hashes are still MD5. Unless you set crypt_method=6 in directadmin.conf. Is there a reason we should still be using this older method? Is there some reason not to set the default to SHA-512?

I noticed the admin account and root is SHA-512 but not my users. Looking at the /etc/shadow file is see $1 not $6..

 

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Very good question.

 

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All:
I switched over all my accounts to crypt_method=6 (SHA-512). I had a few users reset their passwords and suffered no ill effects so far. I still wonder why this isn't standard now in 2019.