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Is there any way to change the encryption method that the passwd utility employs when it writes to the /etc/shadow file? Say, for instance, that I want to use SHA-1 ...
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Change encryption / hashing method when using passwd
Is there any way to change the encryption method that the passwd utility employs when it writes to the /etc/shadow file? Say, for instance, that I want to use SHA-1 rather than MD5. Is there any way, or alternate utility, to do this?


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