@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@ A strong scheme. The encrypted password will start with `$6$`.
9292
9393A strong scheme. The encrypted password will start with ` $5$ ` .
9494
95- ### MD5-CRYPT: A weak but common scheme often used in ` /etc/shadow ` . The
95+ ### MD5-CRYPT
96+
97+ A weak but common scheme often used in ` /etc/shadow ` . The
9698encrypted password will start with ` $1$ ` .
9799
98100## Generating Encrypted Passwords
@@ -165,16 +167,10 @@ Password is in cleartext.
165167
166168### CRYPT
167169
168- Traditional DES-crypted password in ` /etc/passwd ` (e.g.
169- "pass" = ` vpvKh.SaNbR6s ` .
170-
171- * Dovecot uses libc's ` crypt() ` function, which means that CRYPT is usually
172- able to recognize MD5-CRYPT and possibly also other password schemes. See
173- all of the ` *-CRYPT ` schemes at the top of this page.
170+ Password is encrypted.
174171
175- * The traditional DES-crypt scheme only uses the first 8 characters of the
176- password, the rest are ignored. Other schemes may have other password length
177- limitations (if they limit the password length at all).
172+ Dovecot uses libc's ` crypt() ` function, which means that it is able to recognize
173+ all password schemes available on your system (e.g. the ones used in ` /etc/passwd ` ).
178174
179175#### BLF-CRYPT
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@@ -184,6 +180,10 @@ Bcrypt based hash. (`$2y$`)
184180
185181Traditional DES based hash.
186182
183+ The DES-crypt scheme only uses the first 8 characters of the password, the rest
184+ is ignored. Other schemes may have other password length limitations (if they
185+ limit the password length at all).
186+
187187::: warning [[ changed,crypt_des_md5_schemes]]
188188Disabled by default.
189189:::
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