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> 
> Ah.  I though I had looked at man 3 crypt before but I missed
> the 'extended' 'modular' 'traditional' section.

Gotcha!  :)

> There is no way I know of to tell the password to encrypt in
> anything other than the 3 - but I do see the references.

Yeah, see, crypt() will handle it...but passwd(1) needs to handle it as
well as the underlying authentication systems.  I think you're right about
the likelihood of it -not- working.

Given MD5 (and even Blowfish), it's pointless anyway--the original DES has
recently been declared unfit for use by the standards body that oversees
critical system security standards, and I'm not sure of the status of 3DES.

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