directly. Noted by Darren.Moffat at sun.com.
+20031021
+ - (dtucker) [INSTALL] Some system crypt() functions support MD5 passwords
+ directly. Noted by Darren.Moffat at sun.com.
+
20031017
- (dtucker) [INSTALL] Note that --with-md5 is now required on platforms with
MD5 passwords even if PAM support is enabled. From steev at detritus.net.
support. You will need libwrap.a and tcpd.h installed.
--with-md5-passwords will enable the use of MD5 passwords. Enable this
-if your operating system uses MD5 passwords. The resulting binary will
-support both MD5 and traditional crypt type passwords.
+if your operating system uses MD5 passwords and the system crypt() does
+not support them directly (see the crypt(3/3c) man page). If enabled, the
+resulting binary will support both MD5 and traditional crypt passwords.
--with-utmpx enables utmpx support. utmpx support is automatic for
some platforms.