Re: Devrim Gündüz 2019-12-20 <77df509da61adaebca6c5f0451f1c1616f1faa45.camel@gunduz.org>
> > but I think it's pretty unhelpful. At least if we used 'md5' the user could
> > set passwords and have them actually work.
>
> IMHO the only alternative could be "trust", because I am not holding my breath
> for the majority of our users to be able to setup a password that easily
> (yeah). I'm also not inclined to setup a default password for RPM installations
> (and also RPMs must not do any interactive work, like asking for a password)
Fwiw, the Debian packages have been using md5 forever, and do not set
a password either. People seem to be able to set a password
themselves. I've never heard any complaint about it. (Except for some
poking that scram might be better.)
Christoph