Re: MD5 password magic numbers

[matthias]

My apologies.  I had not thought it through enough, but it isn't a problem that
actually affects me anyway.

Let me first say that I am completely ignorant as to how MD5 works, but would it
be possible to test if the password is a valid MD5 key and then fall back on
plain text, doing away with the `--' completely?  Or at least keep it compatible
with old passwords.

Let me add that I am very happy with how the hurd has been coming along lately. 
I had last looked at it about a year and a half ago, and was pleased with how it
worked (flawlessly) and was a little surprised to see some of the features that
it now has.  I spent the last hour setting my roommate with an NFS-mounted copy
of linux.  GRUB made it easy.

Thanks :)


Quoting OKUJI Yoshinori <okuji@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp

> 
>   Do you think that I approved the patch without considering the
> possibility? I have been making effort not to break compatibility
> unreasonably, and so I approve a patch only if it wouldn't make
> anyone's machine unbootable. I'm conservative enough.
> 
>   In this case, if you have a password prefixed with `--', your menu
> interface will just not be protected by the password. You can boot
> menu entries with no problem. And, if you have upgraded GRUB right
> now, you should sit in the front of your machine, so you can change
> your password to a safe one immediately. Therefore, I decided that the
> incompatibility would be acceptable. Ok?
> 
> Okuji
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