From: BitTwister@mouse-potato.com   
      
   On Sat, 09 Jun 2012 18:30:18 +0200, Aragorn wrote:   
   >   
   > As I gather from a recent thread on alt.os.linux.slackware, the file   
   > /etc/shadow contains a numerical string which identifies the algorithm   
   > used.  I believe that MD5 has the numeral 1 (and this is the one used as   
   > the default in most distributions), but SHA128 and SHA512 are also   
   > supported, as is Blowfish in recent systems.   
      
   Yes, shadow contains the hashed value. I am looking for the file   
   defining which hash is to be used. A quick grep ':\$1\$' /etc/passwd   
   showed several users using MD5. Mandriva 2011 and Mageia 2 are using   
   Blowfish as default hash.   
      
   I had those users click up a terminal and run   
     passwd   
   to get the hash set to blowfish.   
      
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