On Wed, 26 May 2004 08:52:16 -0500 akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > As I suspected the installer in FC2 still has the following anoying > problem. You create the root user before you decide that you don't > want to use md5 passwds. So root has a md5 passwd that screws up > passwd autherization ant least if you are using NIS. > Why was this done? It would have been easy to make the default > non-md5 passwds. > ------------------------------------------- Aren't all problems annoying? :o) I'd hazard a guess that most people aren't using NIS and that md5 password are a better default for the majority. You're right though, it would be nicer for the installer knew about the md5 passwd choice before creating root. Should probably file a bugzilla report so that this is remembered for future changes to the installer. Cheers, Sean
