[Buildroot] [PATCH] busybox: use md5 as default password algorithm

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 03/10/16 23:00, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>>>>>> "Gustavo" == Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo at zacarias.com.ar> writes:
>
>   > On 10/03/16 17:01, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
>   >> So this is what is used when you change password through the busybox
>   >> passwd applet or create a new user, right?
>   >>
>   >> Shouldn't we instead tweak this based on BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_*?
>
>   > Yes.
>   > This is the lowest-common which is guaranteed to work on all
>   > scenarios, once we decide/switch to sha256 as default we can update it
>   > here, but i wouldn't defer this until then.
>
> Ehh, yes - But if you have enabled E.G BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_SHA512
> then that is what the busybox passwd applet should use. Having it do md5
> instead of des is still wrong.

  Peter, you yourself said that we should limit the amount of KCONFIG_* fixups 
we do. And there is no other way to make it depend on the 
BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_PASSWD_* choice.

  Regards,
  Arnout


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