From 0e5bb69678b419463b5841559307a71fbdf5c9d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kilian Cavalotti Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 15:32:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Clarifies the purpose of the cryptmethod field, to match what the code does --- docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/passwd.5.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/passwd.5.rst b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/passwd.5.rst index 3438aa4b6..4123a9258 100644 --- a/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/passwd.5.rst +++ b/docs/source/guides/admin-guides/references/man5/passwd.5.rst @@ -50,13 +50,13 @@ passwd Attributes: \ **password**\ - The default password for this type of component + The default password for this type of component. On Linux, a crypted form could be provided. Hashes starting with $1$, $5$ and $6$ (md5, sha256 and sha512 respectively) are supported. \ **cryptmethod**\ - Indicates the method that was used to encrypt the password attribute. On AIX systems, if a value is provided for this attribute it indicates that the password attribute is encrypted. If the cryptmethod value is not set it indicates the password is a simple string value. On Linux systems, the cryptmethod can be set to md5, sha256 or sha512. If not set, sha256 will be used as default. + Indicates the method to use to encrypt the password attribute. On AIX systems, if a value is provided for this attribute it indicates that the password attribute is encrypted. If the cryptmethod value is not set it indicates the password is a simple string value. On Linux systems, the cryptmethod can be set to md5, sha256 or sha512. If not set, sha256 will be used as default to encrypt plain-text passwords.