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.Dd February 24, 1997
.Dt PASSWD.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm passwd.conf
.Nd format of the password configuration file
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm /etc/passwd.conf
file describes the configuration of the password cipher used
to encrypt local or YP passwords. The
.Nm passwd.conf
consists of stanzas.
.Pp
There are default and user specific stanzas. If no user
stanza to a specific option is available the default stanza
is used.
.Pp
Some of the fields and their possible values that can appear in
this file are:
.Pp
.Bl -tag -width localcipher -offset indent
.It localcipher
The cipher to use for local passwords. Possible values are: 'old', 'newsalt'
or 'blowfish,<rounds>' where rounds is a value between 4 and 31.
.It ypcipher
The cipher to use for YP passwords. The possible values are the same as
for localcipher.
.El
.Pp
To retrieve information from this file use
.Xr pw_getconf 3 .
.Pp
.Sh EXAMPLE
To use blowfish as local cipher but for root some more rounds and
the old unix crypt as YP cipher:
.Pp
default:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,4
.Pp
ypcipher = old
.Pp
root:
.Pp
localcipher = blowfish,7
.Pp
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr passwd 1 ,
.Xr passwd 5 ,
.Xr pw_getconf 3